Gouda takes out top award

Cheesemaker nabs champion trophy

The NZ Champion of Cheese Awards didn't start out as Miel Meyer planned.
Miel Meyer

Cool fund on cards

A multimillion-dollar initiative aimed at supporting regional projects will make Waikato a cooler place to live, backers say.

Wanted man still on run

Police urge a Hamilton man wanted over alleged kidnapping to turn himself in.

Top five things to do this weekend

12:07pm 120 years of regatta, a doggy fun day, school gala and markets galore.

Home poised to break record

A Tamahere home has the potential to smash the city's five-year selling record if it goes for an asking price of $4.2 million.

Still no word from storm-hit island

A Hamilton man has yet to hear if his family have survived tropical Cyclone Pam.

Power out in after car hits pole

Power has been cut to properties across the Hauraki Plains after a car hit a power pole in Kerepehi.

NZ farming's massive debt levels under scrutiny

We have the most heavily indebted farmers in the world and academics are wondering what stress that is putting them under.

Balance key as uni ponders rules

Who are these women?

'There’s a hole in my heart'

The boyfriend of drowned kayaker Louise Jull broke down at her memorial service, saying the fire had gone out of his life.

Gouda takes out top award

The NZ Champion of Cheese Awards didn't start out as Miel Meyer planned.

Housing market heats up

Waikato's housing market is hitting break-neck speed, with the number changing hands in February up almost two thirds on last year.

Bus stop 'final nail in the coffin'

Businesses at park doing well

Home poised to break record

A Tamahere home has the potential to smash the city's five-year selling record if it goes for an asking price of $4.2 million.

Sport
Chiefs  |  Magic  |  School Sport  |  Racing

Godfather of rowing leaves great legacy

Sir Don Rowlands has left an indelible and endearing legacy on New Zealand rowing.

Dean Brownlie ton gives Knights early advantage

Knights opener's century highlight as team reaches 327-2 at stumps on day one against Volts.

Group winner Proisir to stand at Rich Hill

Chiefs' midfield stretched as Sharks circle

French aiming for A standard

Cameron French has broken the 50-second barrier and is now aiming for Beijing in the 400m hurdles.

Mum's the word for McDonald in Sydney

Champion jockey won't have to look far to get latest on progress of top Ruakaka mare Rising Romance in Sydney.

Fringe festivals are magical things

I'm writing this from a high window overlooking the Pacific Ocean, whipped up by a storm.

Waikato fares well in development

Despicable 1080 terrorist must be found

Time to stop the perks

Prime Minister John Key's plans to curb MPs' pay rises hit a snag last week.

Fancy a brand new 1964 Ford Mustang?

US company steps back in time to create all new 1964 Ford Mustangs with modern features.

Top Gear co-hosts won't film without Clarkson - report

Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear co-presenters reportedly refused to make programmes without him.

US motoring love affair

Glow-in-the-dark car drives glow-in-the-dark motorway

Listen to the all-new Chevrolet Camaro

Chevrolet has teased the new Camaro release with a video of its engine noise.

Life & Style
Fashion  |  People  |  Food  |  Arts

Pianist promises superb performance

She helped form a Coup D'Etat in 1980 and now she is coming to Hamilton's Lake Rotoroa to play boogie woogie piano music on Sunday afternoon.

A cross-dressing conundrum

French director Francois Ozon talks about how he got the romantic lead his new film into a dress and heels.

Could be Friends for life

Dougall barks in the park

Redford’s Italian connection

You might know him as The Horse Whisperer but to Leonardo Baldi, he's a polite and obliging diner.

Zayn leaves One Direction tour

Fans are in despair after Zayn Malik left the One Direction tour amid cheating rumours.

Haters try to bring down Kanye

Kanye West once said that his greatest pain in life was that he would never be able to see himself perform live.

Jon Cryer dishes on Charlie Sheen

Fleetwood Mac returns to NZ

US Weekly forced to retract Jenner story

Us Weekly magazine was forced to issue an apology and retraction on a controversial Kendall Jenner article.

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