Stories making the headlines around the country today include a Westport man who claimed 8.5kg of cannabis police found in his home was for personal use and the iconic Rotorua Bath House will be the venue for some of New Zealand's first same-sex marriage ceremonies.
A man told a Greymouth
District Court jury yesterday that the 8.5kg of cannabis police found in his home and vehicle was all for his own use.
Rotorua's iconic Bath House is where two of the first gay marriages in New Zealand will take place.
A judge has called on Northlanders to take action and reduce high rates of murder and other violent offences in this region.
Three packets of soup cost a Masterton man more than he bargained for.
