Cameron Luxton says youth crime at the Willow Street bus stop is out of control - with assaults, racial abuse, and death threats from school kids

He is proposing a one month bus ban for any child exhibiting such behaviour.

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18 Dec: New Zealand captain Tom Latham is prepared to debut pace bowler Kristian Clarke if conditions require in the third and final cricket test against the West Indies at Mount Maunganui starting today

18 Dec: A Northland suicide cluster presents stark revelations of rangatahi being lost in the system

17 Dec: A vegetation at South Taranaki's Waiinu Beach is now 90 percent contained - and crews will return tomorrow to continue mopping up

17 Dec: Meanwhile, Ngapuhi's is getting back Northland's historic Kororipo Pa - in the Kerikeri Basin

17 Dec: More than a 100-thousand dollars in fines - for Waikato farms convicted of mismanaging effluent

17 Dec: State Highway 2 is closed in western Bay of Plenty - north of Tauranga - after a crash between a truck and a car at Tanners Point - about 9am

17 Dec: Firefighters are returning to battle a blaze today at South Taranaki's Waiinu Beach - after rain was welcomed yesterday

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Cricket:
New Zealand captain Tom Latham is prepared to debut pace bowler Kristian Clarke if conditions require in the third and final cricket test against the West Indies at Mount Maunganui starting today 8:27

International:
Why Trump's low-profile chief of staff Susie Wiles is making headlines 8:27

Entertainment:
Ethan Hawke writes all of his lines by hand 8:20

Politics:
The c-word's jumped back into the headlines - cementing its legacy as this year's Quote of the Year 8:17

Accident and Emergency:
Two people have been airlifted to hospital, following a shooting in Gore 8:07

Business:
Major banks are pointing to a lift in activity across the economy - to result in an upswing in GDP growth for the third quarter and beyond 7:57

Entertainment:
Jelly Roll "could feel [himself] dying" before embarking on his weight-loss journey 7:50

Business:
Several of the major banks expect a significant bounce back in GDP for Q3 when Stats NZ releases its economic figures later this morning 7:47

International:
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