1. Election poster vandals target Craig
Conservative leader Colin Craig's election signs have become the first casualty of vandalism in the lead up to the election.
2. Car crashes into Bethlehem shop
A car drove through a glass wall of a Bethlehem shop this morning.
3. Tauranga car surfing video 'stupid'
Video footage of what appears to be a man "car surfing" off the back of a moving car is being slammed by road safety authorities as "incredibly dangerous" and "stupid".
4. Commonwealth Games: Can the Games survive?
The Commonwealth Games doesn't have the spectator grandeur of the Olympics or the fever of the Football World Cup and for the past few years commentators have questioned its significance in the modern sporting world.
5. Hundreds evacuated in central Tauranga
Hundreds of people were evacuated from one of Tauranga CBD's busiest corporate hubs this afternoon.