Stories making headlines around the region include a "World Vision" concert that doesn't benefit the charity and the lack of help for teachers with violent children in their class.
A children's concert in Wanganui this month to promote the World Vision charity has upset one mother.
Whangarei principals are struggling with violent pupils as young as 6 years of age.
A protest against GE foods in Rotorua provided a boost of organic food donations to the local foodbank .
Two Rotorua men are among a group of adventurers who have conquered the Pacific Ocean in the manner of their ancestors.
