Stories making headlines across the regions today includes a dramatic car chase, TV3 snubs Hastings and financial strife for Pastor Brain Tamaki.
Two Northland men will face a raft of charges when they appear in court today after leading police on a chase in a stolen ute and ramming a police car, shunting it down a seven-metre bank.
Former Rotorua Destiny Church leaders Brian and Hannah Tamaki bought five cars - including a luxury Audi - through a charity that is more than a year overdue in filing an annual return.
Hastings residents may rejoice at seeing their hometown appear on TV3's weather maps this week, after persistent complaints from a disgruntled viewer.
Major search operations in the Bay of Plenty were established yesterday after a hunter and a pair of trampers went missing. The trio recount their terrible ordeal.