Simone Anderson with her big handbag. She is a disgruntled SaveMart customer, made to feel like a thief after being told her bag was too big and it had to put behind the counter.
Simone Anderson with her big handbag. She is a disgruntled SaveMart customer, made to feel like a thief after being told her bag was too big and it had to put behind the counter.
Upset over bag ban, a 'mini tornado' ripping through Mount Maunganui and shock at a man who set himself alight were all among our most viewed stories today.
1 - Shock as man sets himself on fire A man who doused himself in petrol before setting himself on fireoutside a central Tauranga fuel station had smiled and told a staff member to "have a good day" just moments earlier. Staff tell of the shock and trauma they are going through after desperately trying to save the man.
2 - Shoppers up in arms over bag ban A regular Greerton SaveMart shopper says she has decided to blacklist the store after being made to feel like a "potential thief" during a visit this week when she was asked to hand over her handbag on entering the store.
3 - Horan seeks time away from spotlight The curtain may have fallen on the controversial political career of Brendan Horan who went from a high flyer in New Zealand First to an independent MP facing the massive task of keeping his seat in Parliament.
4 - 'Mini tornado' strikes Bay A woman who woke to what she thought was a train screaming past her house has described the strong winds that ripped trees from their roots and carved a path of destruction as a "mini tornado".
5 - Man dies in crash at Karangahaki Gorge A man has died after a crash in Karangahake Gorge. Police state the man appeared to have been flung into the path of an oncoming vehicle.
