Waikato

Police have found and arrested Damon Anderson, who fled custody during a visit to Waikato Hospital on 23 December.

Waikato police have been granted special permissions allowed in periods of gang conflict, following the death of a woman after a brawl in Ngāruawāhia.

Hamilton business Greenleaf Fresh is being put into voluntary administration. It is the company behind Greengrower, a vertical farm operation that received $3.5 million in public funding.

Sir John Gallagher, a major shareholder and director of Gallagher Holdings, has been recognised in the New Year Honours for services to business, education, philanthropy and the community.

Acting Detective Inspector Andy Saunders said someone who was at the fight knows who is responsible.

St John says a person has been taken to Waikato Hospital in a moderate condition.

Police in Waikato offered more in reward money earlier this year than they have spent in their search for Tom Phillips and his children.

There are lengthy delays on a major road on the Coromandel Peninsula after a fatal crash.

The Waikato man had failed to arrive in Huntly as expected, after leaving his Ōtorohanga home about noon on Christmas Day.

48-year-old Damon Anderson escaped from custody during a visit to Waikato Hospital on Monday.

A woman who was carjacked by a prisoner who escaped Waikato Hospital last month is shocked another prisoner from Spring Hill Corrections Facility has escaped from custody at the same hospital again.

A man has been arrested after a person was injured in a firearms incident in the Waikato town this morning.

Vanessa Helen Railey ploughed straight into the back of Raymond Mathews' vehicle at full speed.

The siblings left each other with significant injuries but their parents were too scared to take them to hospital for fear Oranga Tamariki would uplift them.

The transport agency says traffic moves more "steadily" with fewer lanes.

The Te Ruahi solar farm near Taupō will bring power to more than 100,000 customers.

The warning comes as rural insurer FMG says there is often a spike in quad bike roll-overs in the lead-up to Christmas.

The council is putting some of its surplus into environmental efforts, but not all councillors think it is a good idea.

It is believed to be the person who disappeared after jumping off a bridge into the river last Saturday.

Drivers are being told to delay unnecessary travel south of Cambridge after a crash on State Highway 1.