People are being urged to make sure their homes have basic fire prevention, set up and in working order, following the death of a 97-year-old man in a house fire on Auckland’s Northshore last Friday.

"This was a preventable tragedy," Fire and Emergency Te Hiku /Auckland Manager Ron Devlin says.

Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161492-fire-safety-warning-following-death.html
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A 65-year-old Victim Support area manager condemned a young boy to a "life sentence of guilt, confusion, anger and turmoil" when he should have been the person his family could have counted on.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115608267/exvictim-support-area-manager-jailed-14-years-for-raping-boy
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Almost 500kg of meth has been seized coming into New Zealand, in Customs' largest-ever seizure of drugs at the border.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/customs-seize-almost-500kg-of-meth-in-shipping-container.html
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A protest planned for outside a vegan Perth woman's house has been cancelled.

The Facebook event titled "Community BBQ for Cilla Carden" has been cancelled after a warning from Western Australia (WA) Police.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2019/09/protest-against-australian-vegan-who-took-neighbours-to-court-over-bbq-cancelled.html
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Auckland Transport is weighing up whether to scrap its biggest road safety initiative, the proposed widespread lowering of speed limits across the region.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/115587753/auckland-transport-may-scrap-plan-to-lower-speed-limits-on-nearly-800-roads
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