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A Far North man has made a plea from his hospital bed to thieves for the return of his property they stole from his shed while he was getting cancer treatment.

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Cancer patient victim of burglary

A Kohukohu man has been sentenced to community work and disqualified from driving after being sentenced on two drink driving charges, including one where he narrowly missed an off duty police officer's car.

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Forester narrowly missed police officer's car

A 17-year-old Ruakaka man will appear in court today on three charges relating to a home invasion in which a woman was injured while fighting off a knife-wielding attacker.

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Teenager arrested in Ruakaka home invasion

Police are appealing for help in tracking down the men who robbed a regional council employee at knifepoint, then threw bleach into his eyes and face.

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Robber throws bleach in face of council employee

A 40-year-old Northland woman needed surgery for a deep gash to her hand after she fended off a knife-wielding intruder who had climbed through her bedroom window.

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Updated: Woman fights armed invader

A Whangarei man who was "sick of playing Xbox"while on home detention has been granted his wish to serve the rest of his sentence in jail after calling police to tell them he was going to breach home detention.

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UPDATED: Man sick of playing Xbox on home detention asks for jail

Ajith Joseph's aspirations to work as a nurse were dealt a cruel blow after his home-town qualification, together with almost all his belongings, were stolen hours before he embarked on a job search.

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Theft a blow for job hunter

An "easily led" Kaikohe man who drove a group of youths on a burglary spree covering the Bay of Islands and Whangarei has been sentenced to supervision with a judge saying any stiffer sentence would be unjust.

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Driver in burglary spree was 'soft touch' - judge

A party drug importer hopes to avoid a jail sentence, despite admitting to importing more than 2kg of drugs from the UK.

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Northland drug importer hopes to avoid jail

The shrill bleats of goats hiding in bushes sparked a police callout when they were mistaken for human screams.

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Goats spark police callout

A knife-wielding robber fled from a Whangarei dairy empty handed after threatening a female worker.

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Robber threatens dairy worker

A Whangarei man who tried to avoid police while going for a takeaway roast meal was almost twice the legal alcohol limit and has been banned from driving for his fourth drink-driving conviction.

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Taste for roast proves costly

Three alleged drink-drivers didn't do a good job of trying to be inconspicuous, one swerving across the road, another driving on the wrong side of the road and a third speeding, police say.

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Drink drivers not too clever, say police

Station wagon had been loaded with equipment borrowed for town festival

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Appeal to return stolen car

A 14-year-old boy driving a stolen car passed a school bus and a logging truck while fleeing police during a 20-minute pursuit in Northland.

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Driver, 14, spiked in police pursuit

A Whangarei family is still without a garden fence after a motorist smashed through the wooden palings and drove off.

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Garden fence and culprit still missing

Knowing your neighbour could save your life in an emergency and Neighbourhood Support coordinator Sandi Adams wants to promote that message.

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Unite to keep safe streets

For Senior Constable Spence Penney, his job as an Onerahi community cop just got more mobile, thanks to an iPad and iPhone.

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Technology gives police more time

A Whangarei man who threatened a noise control officer who turned up at a birthday party to tell the hosts to turn down the racket has been sentenced to community work.

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Reveller sentenced over threat

Only tough line will put an end to chases, says judge

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Fleeing crims jailed

50 people in Northland were woken early yesterday to the sound of police banging on their doors to chase up outstanding warrants to arrest.

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Police sting at dawn

A sinister attack on a teenage girl in her Northland home has police warning the public to be cautious when opening doors to strangers.

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Sex attack prompts tip to beware

The long arm of the law knocked on a few doors in search of Northlanders with warrants out for their arrest today.

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17 wanted on warrants arrested in Northland

The Supreme Court has reserved its ruling on whether to grant a Far North man - dubbed a drug kingpin for ruling over a multi-million-dollar dealing network - leave to appeal his conviction for manufacturing and supplying methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis oil and ecstasy.

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Drug ring head waits on leave to appeal

A Whangarei man who threw his stereo at police, hitting a police dog, after being told to turn down the music, has been spared jail.

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No jail for tossing stereo

A Whangarei accountant has been suspended for two years and ordered to pay $8000 after he misled the public by claiming to be a chartered accountant on his website.

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Accountant slammed with $8000 costs

A Far North couple fatally shot at their home will be buried together but their families are yet to decide where.

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Couple to be laid to rest together

Northland road police are urging people to dob in errant drivers by pushing *555 on their cellphone.

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Report risky drivers, police urge

Whanau are gathering at a Far North marae preparing for the tangi of a "loving couple" after fatal shootings at their rural home.

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Double murder investigation

A 37-year-old man will appear in court after police found a ute stolen from Dargaville.

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Police retrieve stolen ute

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