The background to the industrial scale cannabis operation busted just 200 metres from Huntly police station isn’t just a drugs story – it’s “modern-day slavery”, according to a leading immigration lawyer. After the jailing of Tu Ngoc Vu...
Weaving past ancient human remains isn’t what people expect on a trip up Coromandel’s State Highway 25. It’s a real possibility, however, as approximately 10 graves from the historic Tararu Cemetery in Thames are “at risk” of slipping onto...
Across 1 Light pastry (5) 4 Supporter (6) 8 Writing point (3) 9 Spaceman (9) 10 Without a will (9) 12 Flightless bird (3) 13 Fish; evasive person (3) 14 Police trainee, e.g. (5) 15 Residue from burning (3) 16 In the past (3) 18...
Across: 1 Fee, 3 Lets, 5 Take (Fillet steak), 8 Amassing, 10 Edge, 11 Gel, 13 Teeth, 14 Orangeade, 16 Red, 17 Can, 19 Loveliest, 21 Agate, 22 Gad, 24 Itch, 25 Gin rummy, 26 Task, 27 Less, 28 Nod. Down: 1 Flag, 2 Et al, 3 Los Angeles, 4 Tundra, 6...
A serial shoplifter with more than 250 previous convictions has failed in a bid to swap her prison cell for home detention after the High Court in Hamilton found her latest offending was part of a decades-long pattern of dishonesty. Anna...
