Convicted paedophile James Parker is apparently still a registered teacher.
Public pressure has forced the Tauranga City Council to rethink parking charges.
A halogen lamp is believed to be responsible for a fire at Mount Maunganui College early today.
Acclaimed Kiwi comedian Brendhan Lovegrove hits Wairarapa this weekend.
The Zirka circus is in town wowing audiences in Rotorua. Check out some photos here.
Two years ago cancer took the light out of Christmas for Wairarapa woman Christine Meyer.
Leukaemia sufferer Paul Highton says nothing more can be done for him medically, and is blunt about his ''limited future''.
Three Wanganui teenage girls have raised more than $5000 for the Child Cancer Foundation - and all it cost them was their hair.
And finally Chewy the bluetongue lizard has returned home after a seven-month nap.
Other stories making headlines around the regions today are:
