» Alleged drug driver caught with cannabis
26/07/10 08:43 from New Zealand Herald - Coromandel
A 55-year-old man was caught with up to $7500 of cannabis in his car after police in Tauranga stopped him for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs. The Coromandel man was stopped on Third Ave, Tauranga, and failed a compulsory...
» Ex-All Black loses battle with bank
23/07/10 12:27 from New Zealand Herald - Coromandel
Former All Black Kit Fawcett has lost another round in his legal battle with the SBS Bank over a million dollar debt on a Coromandel property development. Representing himself in the High Court at Hamilton this week, the property...
» Damselflies in distress forced back to UK by climate change
22/07/10 14:20 from New Zealand Herald - Coromandel
Damselflies don\'t sound like they\'d do anything as dramatic as invading anywhere, and the dainty damselfly sounds like it would do so least of all. But that\'s what\'s happening in southern England, as several species of these delicate,...
» John Armstrong: Better to bury failure than risk defeat
21/07/10 09:30 from New Zealand Herald - Coromandel
Better an utter, total if humiliating backdown that kills the issue stone dead, rather than a messy compromise which satisfies few and keeps the matter alive to National\'s detriment well into election year. That was the thinking...
» Community service for over $100k fraud
20/07/10 16:45 from New Zealand Herald - Coromandel
A Whangamata man who partially owns nearly $1 million worth of property has been sentenced to 280 hours\' community work for fraudulently obtaining nearly $110,000 worth of benefit payments. Graham Herbert Taylor, 56, appeared for...
» Earrings taken from dying patient
14/07/10 10:54 from New Zealand Herald - Coromandel
A Waikato hospital is investigating the possible theft of a pair of earrings from a dying and unresponsive patient. Elsie Thomas, 87, died in Thames Hospital on Friday, two days after her family complained a pair of gold earrings...
» Out and about in NZ
12/07/10 04:00 from New Zealand Herald - Coromandel
Who says all your holidays have to be about slowing down and vegging out? Here are 10 ideas for breaks around New Zealand that are perfect for those times you don\'t want to stop moving, but still want to get away from everyday life. ...