One Northland grant
The New Zealand Community Trust has made a grant to the Mid Northern Rugby Football in its March funding round. The trust gave the club $2713 towards rugby balls, training ladders and cones. It was the only grant the trust made in Northland in this funding round. The funding comes from pokie machines and the trust no longer has any in Northland.
Rods and reels taken
An estimated $40,000-plus worth of rods and reels was stolen in a ram raid on Reel Rods at Taipa in the early hours of Sunday morning. Three males were involved, police describing the raid as "reasonably well organised", the thieves targeting high-value items.
Vandal loses car