Stories happening across the regions today include thieves in Mount Maunganui taking a photo of themselves on a stolen camera which resulted in them being caught and vandals who cut down trees in Masterton.
A photograph taken of two men believed to have stolen a camera from Mount Maunganui earlier this month has been returned to the owner.
Vandals have chopped the tops off several trees planted at the southern entrance to Masterton.
A Hastings couple neglected to take their 10-week-old son to the doctor even though he had fractures all over his body.
Traffic lights in Rotorua's busiest intersection were shut down for three days.
A Wanganui driver has been sentenced and told to forgive himself.
And finally, documents found dating to the 1890s reveal amusing tales in Whangarei.