A Judge has ordered Chopper must be put down after his owner was convicted of owning a dog causing injury. Photo: Supplied
Western Bay of Plenty Local Democracy reporter Alisha Evans is in Tauranga, where a judge has ordered a rottweiler that bit a vet be put down, following a lengthy court battle.
And Western Bay of Plenty is getting Māori wards next election, after a 12 year battle. It was a split vote, with three councillors against them.
Meanwhile an ex-councillor has been thrown out of a meeting about the proposed Tauranga Stadium for being "disorderly". Murray Guy interrupted from the public gallery.
Finally, an apology from a quiz team for dressing in Ku Klux Klan outfits at Kaimai community fundraiser.
