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Orchid grower dumps crop in protest
An orchid grower driven to desperation after losing his entire crop and income to a new spray dumped thousands of his flowers in a public protest.
Ex-cop arrested on drugs charges on wedding day
A former police officer has escaped a custodial sentence after being arrested on drugs charges on his wedding day.
Greenpeace moves palm kernel protest to port
Greenpeace is trying to keep up pressure on Fonterra to limit its use of palm kernel feed with a public rally outside the Ports of Tauranga.
Police: All 14 protesters removed from ship
Farmers have described Greenpeace's occupation of an inbound cargo vessel as 'economic treason.'
Second activist arrested from animal feed cargo ship
Police make second arrest while expressing serious safety concerns for activists aboard a cargo ship off the Tauranga coast.
Basher turns himself in after domestic violence ad
A Bay of Plenty man turned himself into police for assaulting his wife and son after seeing an anti-domestic violence ad.
French tourist raped at gunpoint
A French man who wanted to experience "the real New Zealand" was abducted and raped while travelling alone on a rural backroad.
Hanover goes to court over teenager's $697
Hanover Finance and its part-owner Mark Hotchin are taking a small investor to the High Court over $697.96 owed to the man's teenage daughter.