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Desperate bid to stop pet being put down

Jerran Puru loves his tan and white pitbull Paco. Despite losing a legal bid to stop the animal being put down for biting a postie

Lucky escape in crash outside school

A car ploughed through the Kaimai School fence this morning after trying to avoid a parent's car leaving the school shortly before

East Coast to reach over 30C

The whole of the country will enjoy warm, even hot, weather this week as a north-easterly blows through.

Key welcome at Te Tii Marae in 2017

A Ngapuhi elder has put his personal animosity towards the Government aside, saying the Prime Minister should be welcome at next year's

Northland P cook jailed for nine years

A judge urged a Northlander convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine to make a positive contribution to society upon his release

Rise in whooping cough cases

By Rebecca Malcolmrebecca.malcolm@dailypost.co.nz A whooping cough outbreak has hit Rotorua - with more than 30 cases recorded so

Park closed after alleged assault

Police are investigating an alleged assault at a popular Whanganui park on Tuesday. The Bason Botanical Gardens on Rapanui Rd near

Speed camera call after car hits pole

An accident along Whanganui's Mosston Rd which knocked out power to nearly 200 homes has prompted calls for a speed camera in the

Waterfront cattle station goes to market

The waterfront farm combines beef and sheep with honey and tourism.

Drugs at centre of vicious prison attack

A Hawke's Bay prison assault which paralysed an inmate was carried out because of a failure to deliver on an arrangement to bring

Lotto win: Phone call ends woman's woe

By Kiri Gillespie A BUZZ: Pak'nSave Papamoa's Gloria Goepel (left) and Sharron Taylor are happy to have sold a $500,000 winning ticket

Mystery surrounds trampers' deaths

A police spokesperson said "early indications were hypothermia" in relation to the two deaths, but that had not been confirmed.

Dozens plunge into polluted river

Campaigners pushing for a cleanup of Hatea River collected more than 170 signatures at the first "Take the Plunge" event on the Canopy

Flights change affecting health care

New Air New Zealand flight times are having an impact on health services and could see Northlanders who are waiting for specialist

Drinking pub owner loses his licence

A Northland hotel owner has had his bar manager's certificate cancelled after drinking while on duty and a customer was seriously assaulted and knocked unconscious.

Wedding gatecrasher the suspect in theft

Envelopes containing cash for the happy newly-weds were stolen during the celebration - and an uninvited guest is believed to be the thief.

Knife pulled on pizza delivery driver

A Domino's Pizza employee had a knife pulled on him and three pizzas stolen when he was delivering pizza to a commercial area in Whangarei. Senior

'My phone told me I had cancer'

Marton woman Marie Stantiall was surprised to learn that the skin discolouration on her leg was a melamoma in need of urgent attention. Mrs