Stories making headlines around the regions today includes a life saving app and a skilled lensman takes the plunge and swims with the sharks.
Anyone coming across an emergency medical or injury situation could find their fingers do the talking if they have a new first-aid app on their phones.
As former Daily Telegraph and Hawke's Bay Today photographer Richard Robinson likes to put it, in his pursuit of the finest image he is "going to great depths".
A woman who woke to what she thought was a train screaming past her house has described the strong winds that ripped trees from their roots and carved a path of destruction as a "mini tornado".
A Rotorua artist is turning bottle tops into something beautiful to share with the community.
