A pregnant thief in Wanganui has offered the courts part of her benefit to pay off the stolen goods.
A rare cancer has taken a 19-year-old girl in Rotorua within weeks of being diagnosed.
Life is good for the Foster family now - but they're aware that could change at any moment.
After 70 years, Doug Vahry is still enamoured with his wife Patricia.
A man told police 158 cannabis plants found on his Hastings property were there for medicinal reasons.
A woman plagued by cars crashing through her Te Aute road fence has won a six-year battle with the council.
The heavy flooding that cut people off from crossing the Waihenga Bridge last week is a sore reminder that a replacement is a while away.
The Otago University Students' Association is taking its fight for better-quality student flats to Parliament.
And finally a man has been caught driving at 199km p/h on a Ducati motorbike in Hawke's Bay.
Other stories making headlines around the regions today include:
Crying foul over campers
Massive search to find fisherman's body
