Lotto luck for three ticket-holders
Three tickets sold in Northland each won $10,000 in Lotto's Mothers' Day special draw on Saturday. The winning ticket numbers were: 490601, 754621 and 1108327.
Trial date set in Bayleys Coast Rd fatalities
The jury trial of a Kaipara man charged over the deaths of his fellow Brethren Church members- including his wife and daughter- will be held in January next year. Russell Stewart, 49, has pleaded not guilty to seven charges of driving under the influence of alcohol causing death or injury, and one of failing to remain at an accident.
Suzie Stewart, 48, her daughter Sadie, 16, and family friend Jamie Wearmouth, 18, died in a fatal crash on Baylys Coast Rd on June 6 when a ute they and five others were in crashed into a tree. Stewart's trial, set down for four weeks, is scheduled to start in the Whangarei District Court on January 29.