18 Jun 2012 8:56pm News:
National News

Flooding closes roads near Nelson

Heavy rain in the Nelson Bays area has closed several roads and made driving treacherous this evening and Police are advising motorists to stay at home. Flooding is currently affecting roads in... More

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18 Jun 2012 5:20pm News:
National News

Race Unity Speech Awards go from strength to strength

"Brown is the colour of poo, right? I don’t like you, you are brown and brown is the colour of poo”. Rima Shenoy's vivid childhood memory of a playground incident opens the speech that won her first... More

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18 Jun 2012 4:19pm News:
National News

Paeroa sudden death being treated as suspicious

Paeroa sudden death release 1 18 June 2012 Waikato Police investigating the sudden death of a man in Paeroa early this morning are awaiting results of a scene examination and post-mortem to determine... More

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14 Jun 2012 6:07am News:
National News

Fieldays visitors seeing red over road safety

14 June 2012 Waikato Police are hoping an event focused new initiative to be unveiled at this week's National Fieldays at Mystery Creek will help prevent road trauma in the District and have the... More

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13 Jun 2012 4:02pm News:
National News

Tackling a new career - recruits graduate Thursday 14 June

Seventy four new constables will graduate from The Royal New Zealand Police College in Wing 272 on Thursday 14 June. Their wing patron is Julie Christie, ONZM. At 41, new Constable Aaron Senior is... More

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13 Jun 2012 10:03am News:
Bay of Plenty

Teenager charged with arson

A teenager will appear in court today following a fire last night that extensively damaged a trailer unit owned by the Life Education charity. Life Education visits schools with its mobile classroom... More

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