Northland police hand out more than 500 infringement notices in just one week and a Rotorua cricketer hit by a delivery will make a slow return back to work one month on. These are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.
A motorist clocked doing 152km/h in an 80km/h zone was among more than 500 infringement notices issued in just one week by Northland police for a raft of offences, including 176 for speeding.
The Rotorua cricketer who suffered swelling to the brain after being hit by a delivery last month will start a phased return to work this week.
A mother and her three children are "extremely lucky" to survive a crash after her car swerved off into a bank on State Highway 5 yesterday.
Priority One are predicting an excess of $350 million over the next five years will be invested in Tauranga's city centre with hopes of building a new hotel, planned university-led tertiary and research campus and the development of a new civic campus.