Dusty Sigvertsen, right, gets a helping hand to remove his furniture from the house he rents after a freak twister ripped the roof off yesterday afternoon.
Among the stories making the news today: a nasty birthday surprise for a Hawke's Bay man and police break a drug dealer's complex code.
A Hawke's Bay man got a nasty birthday surprise when a mini-tornado ripped the entire roof off his home yesterday afternoon in a
freak incident.
A Rotorua drug dealer described as the "go-to guy" has been convicted after his pig hunting code for methamphetamine was cracked by police.
A volley of six shotgun blasts have been fired at a Whangarei home, in what police believe could be a gang-related attack.
Central District police are taking their fight against crime online with the launch of a page featuring the most wanted in the region.
