Dunedin’s TGC Homes is the highest ranked southern business on this year’s Deloitte Fast 50 index — placing eighth with revenue growth of 398%. Announced at a function in Auckland this week, the annual index ranked businesses experiencing rapid revenue growth over three years, setting the benchmark for fast growth…

A Tauranga woman was allegedly found to be more than four times over the legal breath alcohol limit after she was clocked speeding while schools finished for the day. At around 2.50pm on Tuesday, police spotted a vehicle travelling at 80km/h in a 50km/h zone on State Highway 2 near…

Mei Whaitiri, the woman who became the model for the casting of Napier’s iconic Pania of the Reef statue, has died age 86.Whaitiri was just a student of Hukarere Māori Girls when photographs of her in a piupiu and her mother’s greenstone hei tiki would be used by an Italian…

Video has emerged showing the moment a person grabbed a rifle from a driver, who had allegedly pointed it in the direction of police after earlier being seen driving at “excessive speed”. A 31-year-old Head Hunters gang associate now faces several charges over the “extremely dangerous” incident which ended in…

A judge has granted Rotorua Lakes Council’s second bid for an injunction to stop “interference” with sewerage pipeline construction – a decision with implications for ongoing protests against the project.Local Democracy Reporting can reveal the council based its renewed application on two alleged August incidents, including one where a contractor…

Police Minister Mark Mitchell said police have made their first arrests under new gang patch legislation with gang members arrested in Auckland and Hawke’s Bay this morning.”Just before 11 this morning, Police in Wairoa apprehended a gang member for wearing a patch to the supermarket. He has been arrested and…

An inquest into the suspected suicide of Olivia Podmore has heard she was burned out by exhaustion and presenting as having severe anxiety and depression three months before her death.This story discusses mental health and suicide. A list of helplines is available at the bottom of the page.There was also…

One of the young men taking part in the government’s boot camp pilot has been accused of reoffending, just five weeks after he re-entered the community.The three-stage pilot — which involved “military style activities” and a special curriculum — launched in July, and was run by Oranga Tamariki. The first…

Search efforts have been called off for a boat believed to be carrying 700kg of methamphetamine off Northland’s east coast, police say.Earlier this week, 10 people were charged with conspiracy to import a class A drug and participating in a criminal organised group.The search and charges were part of what…

A man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a security guard in the neck in Auckland’s Newmarket this afternoon.Police said the incident occurred on Broadway at around 2.35pm. There were cordons in place in front of luxury store Moncler.Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Friend said security guards approached a man when…