Stories making headlines around the region include a bullied Tauranga doctor gets paid, local dairies in Hawke's Bay going to extreme lengths to sell highs and grenades being thrown into a Whangarei home.
An elderly Whangarei resident hunkered down in her lounge chair, locking the windows and doors, as police armed with guns and grenades surrounded a neighbouring house.
An elderly Masterton couple warn other pensioners about an insulation rip-off.
A Tauranga doctor, who claimed he was bullied, gets compensation.
Suburban Hawke's Bay dairy owners are going to extreme lengths to illegally sell psychoactive substances.
In Wanganui a man who was overpaid on his unemployment benefit did not tell social workers he had a job because he was 'barely earning enough to survive'.
A visit by a celebrity chef to Rotorua and has helped raise $30,000 for the hospice.