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Police and Customs found nearly $100,000 worth of drugs, including imported drug precursor pseudoephedrine in its powder form, at a Napier house last night. Drug precursors are chemical substances, such as pseudoephedrine, frequently used in the illegal...
Tags: New Zealand, Napier, Amphetamines, Pseudoephedrine, Methamphetamine, Decongestants, Legality of cannabis, Phenethylamines, Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China, DEA List I chemicals, Cannabis reclassification in the United Kingdom, Stimulants
Mohaka Bridge death not suspicious 19/11/2009 15:44:01 Police believe the man found dead below the Mohaka Bridge in northern Hawke's Bay died from injuries received in a fall. The body of Hastings man Robert Potiki was found lying on the riverbed on...
Tags: Mohaka Bridge, New Zealand, Napier, Coroner, Pathology, Law Crime
The manager of Napier's Marineland has resigned after investigations found he falsified documentation to keep wild animals illegally. Gary Macdonald resigned as manager yesterday after 32 years at Marineland. Investigations into the council-owned tourist...
Tags: Marineland, New Zealand, Napier, Marineland Napier, Oceanaria, Marineland of Florida, Environment, Law Crime
Man in court over Napier standoff 24/09/2009 16:20:01 The man at the centre of yesterday's armed standoff in Napier has appeared in court. Police say the 29-year-old locked himself in the bus at the Napier Travel Centre on Munroe St for more than four...
Tags: bank manager, Heather Scott, representative charged, New Zealand, Napier
He and all other passengers on the bus were safely evacuated when the bus stopped outside the Napier Travel Centre on Munroe Street. Police say they have not been able to confirm the suggestion the man may have explosives, but defence force explosive...
Tags: Munroe Street, offenders squad, Napier Travel Centre, armed offenders, armed stand, New Zealand, Napier
20:01 One of the biggest drink-drive swoops in recent times has been carried out in central Auckland. Checkpoints operating around the city since Wednesday have checked more than 40,000 drivers. Of them, 129 will be facing court proceedings. Thirty-four...
Tags: North Harbour, Auckland, Hawke, New Zealand, Napier
00 21/09/2009 A widow has been awarded nearly $260,000 after a firm of financial advisers told her to mortgage her home and invest in Blue Chip. Now the lawyer who fought her case is urging others caught in the collapse of the failed property investment...
Tags: property investment, investment company, financial adviser, New Zealand, Napier
52:03 Former Warriors playmaker Michael Witt will make his starting debut in the Air New Zealand Cup this weekend. Witt has been named at first-five for Otago's match against Hawke's Bay in Napier on Saturday. He replaces Glenn Dickson, who has been...
Tags: New Zealand, Napier
Graham Napier will live where his surname suggests this summer after Central Districts signed the man Wellington did not want. The Essex allrounder will be based in Napier and play for the Stags in the competition, making him the fourth import lured to...
Tags: Graham Napier, New Zealand, Napier
Booming guns annoy city dwellers May 2, 2009, 12:31 pm The early morning boom of shotguns has prompted some heavy ringing of phones at police HQ in Wellington. More than a dozen people have complained about the thoughtless use of firearms on the first...
Tags: duck shooter, shooting season, duck shooting, Napier