Flaming cars in Northland and falling logs in Tauranga are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.
A family in Whangarei are lucky to be alive after their car exploded into a ball of fire on the Brynderwyns.
A Ngongotaha pastor has forgiven the five people who beat him up and then bragged about it on Facebook.
![Ngongotaha Pastor Mark Kahu says it's business as usual for the town's youth centre after he was attacked by five young people.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MJRQDWBA5XW5PMGW5YB2XHYBZY.jpg?auth=4df9a4dc6fb512478a25a7d6a143686b3dd809ab3a491eac667f071fba878d25&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Hastings is trialling an ultrasonic "Mosquito" crowd dispersing device that can apparently only be heard by people under 25.