Top stories for Wednesday, September 10

Larry Baldock and Clayton Mitchell.

1. Car crashes into truck on Kaimais

A car crashed into a truck on the Kaimai Range this morning.

2. Troubled ship fails to leave harbour, again

The departure of a ship banned from Australian ports has been delayed again.

Vega Auriga in Tauranga Harbour.

3. Mr Whippy given cold shoulder

The owners of a Tauranga Mr Whippy van are feeling betrayed after being dumped from the 2014 NZCT Aims Games after 10 years of partnership.

4. Conservative backs Mitchell

A prominent Tauranga member of the Conservative Party will be voting for New Zealand First's Clayton Mitchell in next week's election.

5. Bridges spoof is not an election ad

The High Court has ruled a Greenpeace parody website targeting Tauranga MP Simon Bridges could not be considered an election advertisement.