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Owner scares off robber with broom - The Daily Post
The owner's wife, who did not want to be identified, said her husband grabbed a broom after being confronted by the robber who then fled the store. "The guy left the shop with nothing, but he had actually been carrying a gun and a knife," she said.
Power cut after car hits pole - The Daily Post
One Tikitere resident, who did not want to be identified, said the crash felt like an earthquake as his house shook and the lights flickered on and off. "We didn't think much of it and went back to sleep." Another resident said the vehicle took out ...
Armed offenders squad cordons off part of suburb - The Daily Post
The pair, who did not want to be identified, told The Daily Post they saw the gun-wielding man crossing railway tracks which run parallel to Frank St about 3pm. They said they were shocked by what they saw and ran inside their home to phone the police ...
Tot's tractor death shocks community - The Daily Post
One woman, who did not want to be identified, said most of the people in the small community knew each other. She said accidents like this didn't happen often. "My heart does go out to the family." Lake Rerewhakaaitu School principal Patricia McGee ...
Seven hurt in carport explosion (update) - The Daily Post
A neighbour, who did not wish to be identified, said he heard an explosion before bedlam broke out next door. "I heard this loud-as boom," he told The Daily Post. "Something exploded in a barrel and then there were people yelling and screaming and ...
Rotorua Lotto winners: What we'll spend our $10.6m on - The Daily Post
The family, who did not want to be identified, said they didn't realise they had won until after they saw a story in the paper that the weekend's winning Lotto ticket was unclaimed. The winners said they regularly played Lotto as part of an extended ...
Take stand says bullied boy's mum - The Daily Post
The Rotorua mum, who did not want to be identified, said she wouldn't normally condone violence but having witnessed her son's personality changing and his studies suffering at the hands of bullies from the age of 8, she was adamant parents had to take ...
Rotorua pilot in helicopter smash - The Daily Post
A Palmerston North St John Ambulance paramedic, who did not wish to be identified, said Mr Sherwin was lucid when he was rescued from the wreckage but recalled little. "He was talking but could remember little of what had happened or where he was," he ...
'Flasher' scares Rotorua schoolgirls - The Daily Post
A 15-year-old, who did not want to be identified, said the man, whom she described as in his 30s, had no top on and wore what looked like a lava lava. ...
Police in armed call out - The Daily Post
The woman, who did not want to be identified, said the incident was "a bit scary". "I have three young kids in the house and it is a scary thought that the ...
Golfer under par after white tail encounter - The Daily Post
The Rotorua man, who did not want to be identified, told The Daily Post he was bitten by the creepy crawly recently while playing golf. ...
Opinions divided on bank's fertility ads - The Daily Post
A Rotorua man, who did not want to be identified, said he liked the ad despite having two unsuccessful rounds of fertility treatment in the past year. ...
Burglars steal precious footage of mum's sick son - The Daily Post
The woman, who did not want to be identified, arrived home on Sunday morning to find burglars had smashed her ranchslider and broken into her flat while she ...
Town's schools told to merge - The Daily Post
A junior teacher, who did not wish to be identified, said staff went into shock when they heard the news. "For the past three or four years, there has been ...
Zombie walkers defend fundraising plan - The Daily Post
A person, who did not want to be identified, had also contacted The Daily Post with the same complaint. "If I meant any offence to people with a brain ...
Firearms seized as police raid property - The Daily Post
"I'm not exactly sure which house it is," said the man, who did not want to be identified. He said loud motorcycles drove in and out of the driveway of a ...
Truck spills logs down bank - The Daily Post
The woman, who did not want to be identified, said it looked as though the truck's trailer had slipped down the bank and the logs had rolled off. ...