Residents had been campaigning in vain for barriers on a treacherous corner that this weekend claimed the life of a teenager.

A dispute over a lawnmower ended with a Northland woman biting her neighbour's finger off.

Craig Busch unlawfully retained property when sacked from Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens, an ERA hearing was told today.

More than 50 people have been arrested in two separate large-scale drug operations targeting cannabis in Northland and Hawke's Bay.