A Mount Maunganui home was saved from major damage after smoke alarms alerted occupants to a fire in the kitchen. regionalsA smoke alarm has saved a Mount Maunganui home after residents were alerted to a fire in the kitchen, and a $1000 reward is being offered after a $30,000 generator was stolen. A $1000 reward is being offered after a $30,000 generator was stolen Hawke's Bay's Gala Caterers. A ban on some forms of freedom camping in Whangarei looks set to soften following public feedback and a legal scramble. A group of young bikers, believed to have been tearing up a newly-upgraded Masterton park and using river trails to evade police, have finally been caught.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 15, 2016 00:00 UTC