A dog lover has told how she fears for her grandchildren after her pet dogs were mauled by a pack of American pitbulls.

Alex Tully and family test their wits and their funny bones at two Rotorua mazes.

The Te Puke blaze cost a young mother all her possessions and caused $230,000 of damage.

The granting of name suppression to a man who possessed images of child rape sanctions the behaviour of "sexual predators", the Sensible Sentencing Trust says. Videos and files showed kids as young as 18 months in sex acts.