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![Parents warned of fatal 'fainting game'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Parents warned of fatal 'fainting game'
A 12-year-old boy is thought to have died after playing a game which involves young people choking themselves to get a sudden rush.
![Customary title claims hit confiscation hurdle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Customary title claims hit confiscation hurdle
Bay of Plenty iwi say land confiscations in the 1860s could scuttle any chance of gaining customary title to tracts of the foreshore.
![Domestic air services boosted](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Domestic air services boosted
Travellers between Tauranga and Christchurch, and Invercargill and Wellington, are the big winners in Air New Zealand's latest boost to domestic capacity.
!['I dragged him inside and locked the house up'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'I dragged him inside and locked the house up'
A heavily bleeding shot man managed to escape to the doorstep of a stranger, who tended to him inside his home despite advice not to.
![Port of Tauranga profits up 9.3pc](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Port of Tauranga profits up 9.3pc
Port of Tauranga has reported strong rises in forestry-related exports and in imports of grain and dairy food supplements.
![Businesswoman jailed for fraud](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Businesswoman jailed for fraud
The former wife of a police officer was today jailed for four years for offending that was described in court as a "huge web of deceit".
![On-air 'poofter' comment upsets gay listeners](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
On-air 'poofter' comment upsets gay listeners
An outraged gay community has lashed out at a Tauranga radio station for using the word "poofter" live on air.