An barrister says charges against gardening equipment suppliers may be difficult to prove.

Fifteen men arrested on drugs charges have been remanded on bail until next month.

An indoor gardening chain would not have made a profit if it hadn't knowingly supplied equipment and advice to cannabis growers, police say.

Motorcar magnate Colin Giltrap has made property history - paying a record $5.5 million for a luxury penthouse overlooking Mt Maunganui.

A 65-year-old woman is emerging from a coma after having a beer bottle thrown at her head from a passing car at the weekend.

A quick-thinking hero who pulled a driver from a fiery crash which claimed the lives of two people, including a baby, said the man stank of alcohol and didn't know what day it was.

Hundreds of mourners are expected to attend today's funeral service for a teenager killed in a speedway accident over Easter Weekend.

Guy Sainsbury came across a group of people who had seen a vehicle 80m down a bank, and decided to look around the area himself.

The funeral for a teenage driver killed in a speedway crash in Northland will be held at her home track in Mt Maunganui.