An eighty-three-year-old's theft of almost $215,000 in benefit payments was only uncovered when she was seriously injured in a crash with a fuel tanker.

Emergency services are rushing to the scene of a car crash in Te Puke where one person is trapped.

A young huntaway that was seized from its owner after becoming badly malnourished has bounced back in the care of a loving Bay of Plenty family.

Baby Blacks hooker Nathan Harris today outed himself as the player being investigated.