Stories making the headlines around the regions today include a Justin Bieber fan who had the chance of a lifetime and a struggling mother paying forward community generosity.
A woman who often battles for enough money to feed her children has given a food parcel to her struggling neighbours as a way of paying forward the generosity and goodwill she has received from the Hawke's Bay community.
The family whose bach at Whangape was burnt to the ground last week, for the second time in a year, are devastated but determined to find the culprit - and asking what they have done to earn such hatred.
Bros are in, the bullies are out. That's the message loud and clear from Te Kotuku Hauora (TKH) in Marton when the Ngati Apa iwi launched its Bro campaign last week.
