A brave baby fights for his life in Tauranga and an act of "stupidity" in Wanganui are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.
A Tauranga baby is fighting hard for his last chance at life after swallowing a battery three months ago.
An "intoxicated" Wanganui man showed up at a routine traffic stop, interrupted police as they attempted to speak - then made a run for it.
A woman armed with a Taser threatened to shoot two injured police officers and a businessman who had gone to investigate a fight.
It's the end of an era - Napier's Marineland has closed for good and the last three "aquatic lodgers" have been shipped off to a new life.