Mayor Gary Petley says South Waikato is already ranked among the five-most deprived communities in New Zealand. Read...

The polytechnic provider is to exit Te Pukenga and re-enter regional governance from the beginning of next year but said to meet the government`s financial expectations the Tokoroa campus may have to go. Read...

With declining student numbers, `it is just no longer viable to operate in this way`. Read...

Police would like to speak to a man who was seen wearing a white hooded sweatshirt on a bicycle. Read...

Police were seeking a man seen wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and riding a bicycle in the vicinity around the time of the incident. Read...

Police were alerted to a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian around midnight. Read...

30-year-old Rapana (Raaps) Tukuru Tahana-Heretini was critically injured in the early hours of Tuesday, May 27, after an alleged assault outside his home. Read...

A man has been charged with his murder. Read...

A 21-year-old man was arrested following the incident and has now been charged with murder. Read...

A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder, after a man seriously injured in Tokoroa last week died in hospital. Read...