NZ@Noon: Fight for the skies

Kiwi Regional Airlines will start operations on February 16.

New airline set to heat up competition for regional flights and a Northland family get an unpleasant wake-up after a van crashes into their home are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.

A new airline is set to fly the southern skies next month resulting in heated competition for regional flights at Tauranga Airport.

A Northland family gets a surprise wake-up after a woman drove a van into their house stopping within centimetres of their 2-year-old son.

A man holding a knife robs a Dannevirke dairy, all for a carton of cigarettes.

A newly-wed American couple had a "surreal" start to their honeymoon when the boat they were on caught fire, one day after they arrived in New Zealand.

A Whanganui woman accused of leaving her baby locked in a car in public overnight is now facing further charges of leaving a child unsupervised.

Longtime educator Arthur Graves is welcomed as new chief executive at Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre.