Stories making the headlines around the country today include a boastful burglar getting a taste of his own medicine and employers, who are testing for synthetic cannabis use, are unable to find staff.
A man took the law into his own hands after recognising a boastful burglar on a Rotorua street.
Drug use is reaching "pandemic" levels with some employers unable to fill their job vacancies because they can't find workers who can pass a drug test, says one of the region's mayors.
Tauranga parking offenders have been stung nearly $1.3 million so far this financial year and the courts are investigating thousands of cases where offenders have failed to pay their fines.
Six years ago last Sunday Annabell Tumanako got into her car, drove off and vanished without a trace.
A 10-year-old girl is critically injured with head injuries following a crash near Tikitapu (Blue Lake) yesterday.
