Stories making headlines around the regions today are the Frankton markets get saved and the boy who paid his taxi fare a week after doing a runner.
The Frankton Markets was saved in the same co-operative spirit in which they were established 27 years ago.
A Whangarei taxi driver was taken back by the generosity of a young man who returned to pay his fare - nearly a week after doing a runner.
Omapere couple Chantal and Rui de Souza are finding comfort in the generosity of family, friends and complete strangers.
A 57-year-old Masterton woman allegedly assaulted and threatened to kill a 7-year-old boy because she "hated white people".
A driver's inattention caused her car to leave the road and land on its side in a steep ditch .
The dumping of dead ducks, a hare, entrails and shotgun cartridges has disgusted residents of a Kerikeri street.
A Filipino crewman on a logging ship at Port of Tauranga was last night in intensive care after he was struck by a crane operated winch wire.
