Stories making headlines around the country today include outrage after vandals tear up the oval at Masterton's Queen Elizabeth Park and tiny critters causing problems.
Wheel-spinning vandals have driven cars on to the oval at Queen Elizabeth Park, carving deep ruts in the grassed surface.
A rodent problem in the Far North has compounded concerns for poorer families amid the cold snap, as some children are having to sleep on flimsy mattresses on floors instead of beds.
Ollie Williams thought he was going to die as he lay pinned beneath a jetboat on the Ngaruroro River, trapped underwater and running out of air.
A Wanganui man has died on his birthday in unusual circumstances in Australia.
