The first day of the Balloons over Waikato festival kicked off at Hamilton Lake this morning. The first balloon up in the air was the Hamilton Kirikiriroa balloon. Video / Malisha Kumar Hamilton ...

The high level of Lake Taupō is causing damage to the foreshore at the southern lake township of Kuratau. Photo / Sandra Greenslade Mercury Energy is preparing for flooding in the Waikato River ...

Environment Waikato is being given nearly $100,000 of funding to enhance two peat lakes near Hamilton that are under threat from human land use activities.

Harmful algae levels in a small Waikato lake have breached health guidelines, sparking a warning for people to stay out of the water. The warning for Lake Ngaroto, near Te Awamutu, was issued on ...

Avoid getting Lake Waikare’s water on your skin or swallowing any, the Waikato DHB advises.Kelly Hodel / Stuff Water in Waikato’s Lake Waikare is still dangerous to swallow or touch. A public ...

A dead bird is fished out of Waipā’s Lake Ngāroto. The peat lake has experienced a botulism outbreak.SUPPLIED / Stuff The future of Waikato’s peat lakes can be glimpsed in the toxic waters ...

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. -- The city of Liberty Lake announced that Winter Glow Spectacular will not be returning this year.

Former talk show host Ricki Lake openly discusses her lower face and neck lift, calling it "the best facelift," while advocating against stigma around cosmetic procedures.

Lake Chatuge's dam on the North Carolina-Georgia border needs fixing. A mountain resort town is worried about what that means for the economy.

A Waikato wetland sanctuary is reintroducing rats to try to stop birds pooing in a prized lake. It's a last resort to try to scare off half a million sparrows and starlings roosting at Lake Rotopiko.

The level of Lake Taupō is managed by Mercury Energy via the Control Gates Bridge, a few hundred metres downstream from where the lake flows into the Waikato River.