A former police officer has escaped a custodial sentence after being arrested on drugs charges on his wedding day.

Greenpeace is trying to keep up pressure on Fonterra to limit its use of palm kernel feed with a public rally outside the Ports of Tauranga.

Farmers have described Greenpeace's occupation of an inbound cargo vessel as 'economic treason.'

A Bay of Plenty man turned himself into police for assaulting his wife and son after seeing an anti-domestic violence ad.

A French man who wanted to experience "the real New Zealand" was abducted and raped while travelling alone on a rural backroad.