Grandmother who cared for 670 babies in China a good sort

The team of volunteers have spent hundreds of hours chipping mortar off bricks from the old Harbour Board building.

Jim Morgan, 95, and his pet Sandy were attacked by six pig dogs being exercised off-leash on a suburban Kaikohe street. Initially Sandy was to have a leg amputated; since this video was recorded the 12-year-old fox terrier cross has had to be put down due to its injuries.

The Whangārei school will open next year as a designated character school.