Stories making headlines around the regions include a swarm of bees leading to the scene of a crime.
A swarm of bees led an animal-control officer in Masterton to a haul of more than 30 allegedly stolen hives.
A TV psychic will attempt to contact dead pets in Rotorua next week.
Police are convinced that two men who attacked an 84-year-old man in his home just north of Te Kao live in the same tiny community.
Power was out across the Wanganui region this morning leaving customers stranded on a petrol forecourt.
