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Seven appear in court on cocaine, P charges after North Island drug raids 29 Apr, 2021 08:00 AM 3 minutes to read Seven defendants appeared in the Tauranga District Court yesterday. Seven people have appeared in court facing allegations by police they were part of a drug syndicate involved in importing hundreds of kilos of cocaine into New Zealand from Mexico. The defendants appeared in the Tauranga District Court on April 29, most via an audiovisual link from the Rotorua poli...

Thursday, 29 April 2021, 12:27 pm Police have arrested eight people and disrupted plans to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the country from Mexico. This morning Police, along with New Zealand Customs Service, carried out search warrants at eleven properties throughout the wider Bay of Plenty, Northland and Auckland areas as part of Operation Tarpon. The operation, run by the National Organised Crime Group (NOCG), has targeted key players of a drug syndicate operating in New Zealand...

Data from drug testers suggests cocaine isnt hugely popular in New Zealand 30 April 2021 Authorities say theyve disrupted a drug syndicate with links to a Mexican cartel - who were planning to import hundreds of kilograms of the drug. Eight men were arrested yesterday after searches in Auckland, Northland and Bay of Plenty. Its alleged they planned to bring in cocaine and methamphetamine in shipping containers. But Know Your Stuff managing director Wendy Allison says only about one per cent o...

A Malaysian meal in Auckland for $4.99? New eatery aims to offer street food at Malaysian prices. 24 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read Amanda Annie, left, and Robin Annadass want to bring the Malaysian Mamak dining experience to New Zealand. Photo / Jason Oxenham Amanda Annie, left, and Robin Annadass want to bring the Malaysian Mamak dining experience to New Zealand. Photo / Jason Oxenham Lincoln Tan is the New Zealand Herald’s diversity, ethnic affairs and immigration senior reporter.lin...

Entitled A Living Hell: Apartment Disasters, the programme reveals that even new builds are not immune to a glut of defections, which can cost millions to fix and cause huge problems for owners who thought they were taking a prudent step onto the property ladder. Roger Levie, who founded HOBANZ (Home Owners and Buyers Association Inc.) with John Gray, told Sunday Morning the organisation had helped thousands of people address building issues since it was formed in 2007. HOBANZ initially helped...

The offensive illustration from On Beyond Zebra, one of the six Dr Seuss books that will no longer be published Photo: Dr Seuss illustration “The problem with the culture wars / Is everything becomes a fight / And if Dr Seuss were alive today / He’d say this issue isn’t black and white."   But not everyone here was brushing off those books being eased out of the catalogue.   Last week Newshub reported National Party Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger took aim at would-be censor...

Few know Wilson better than Wills, her coach for the last three years at the south Auckland-based Northern Stars. Wilson was also a key figure in Wills’ New Zealand under-21 side, who knocked over Australia in the final of the 2017 Youth Netball World Cup in Botswana. “I’m bloody proud because I’m that coach that left her behind on a couple of tours for [New Zealand] under-21s because she didn’t make it [with fitness],” Wills said. Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images Maia Wilson shone in ...

Armed police converge on home in St Lukes Rd, Mt Albert, Auckland. A man is in custody after a stand-off with armed police at an Auckland house on Friday afternoon. Do you know more? Email newstips@stuff.co.nz Police converged on Mount Albert home and cordoned off part of St Lukes Rd, near the intersection with New North Rd and Taylors Rd as they tried to coax out the man who had barricaded himself inside. He claimed he had a firearm, police said. Ricky Wilson/Stuff Police have blocked the St...

A man has been arrested after barricading himself inside of a property in the Tāmaki Makaurau suburb of Mount Albert.

Ricky Wilson/Stuff The St Lukes Rd, New North Rd and Taylors Rd intersection was blocked by police during the incident on Friday afternoon. He is also accused of possessing drug utensils and an offensive weapon. He will appear in the Auckland District Court on Saturday. Officers had tracked a man to the house after he earlier fled from police when they approached his vehicle in Whitaker Place, Inspector Jason Homan said. Ricky Wilson/Stuff The man claimed to have a firearm in his possession,...