Concerned friends and associates of wanted man Nicholas McLean were forced to wait behind a police cordon. Photo / Stephen Parker
Stories making headlines around the region today include an armed stand-off in Tokoroa between police and a "dangerous man," and a hero saves his friend from a 25m drop.
A dangerous man was on the run last night after armed officers stormed his Tokoroa house.
A Napier motorist
was pulled to safety by a "hero" during a four-car pile-up over the weekend.
There have been 11 accidents and five close calls involving aircraft in Tauranga over the past three years.
A Masterton man who smashed up his mother's house with an axe has been convicted.
