Operation Ruth is underway in Northland with police destroying thousands of cannabis plants being grown in various urban and rural locations.
After experiencing his first haka, former NBA basketball player Shagari "Mighty Joe" Alleyne was moved enough to tell the Kawerau community he loved them.
11-year-old Jayden Rutten was hanging out at Omanu Beach when a man came up and asked if he could help his friend who was being dragged out to sea in a rip.
An $85,000 payment made by the Otago Bowling Club to a company of which its former president was a director, is among more than a dozen transactions under investigation by liquidators.
The Pope may have resigned, but brighter days are ahead for Hokitika Catholics.