NZ@Noon: Cancer survivor threatened over car park

Cancer survivor Luke Van der Leeden and his mother Marice are upset that they have been the target of verbal abuse because they use a mobility permit. Photo / Stephen Parker

Regional headlines today include a cancer survivor threatened for using disabled car parks and a fundraising trip through India on tuktuks comes to a close.

The family of a young cancer survivor say they've been the target of abuse and judgmental stares when using disabled car parks in Rotorua.

A judge has told a Hawke's Bay mum who drove with seven unrestrained children that her actions were "something a large number of families would do" 30 years ago.

A Mount Maunganui commercial chemical yard was raided last night for a key compound in the commercial manufacture of Methampetamine.

The Chickshaw Blues are riding the length of India in a tuktuk to raise money for Far North sex abuse victims. Photo / Kristin Edge

Two intrepid Northlanders travelling almost the length of India aboard their racing tuktuk, to raise money for sexual abuse victims, are

approaching the finish line

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Nicky Hager's controversial Dirty Politics book has revealed that a Wanganui National Party member is behind the Keeping Stock political blog.

A Carterton man who helped battle one of Australia's deadliest bushfires - the Black Saturday fires in 2009 - has been recognised for his service.