Stories making the headlines around the regions today include a Justin Bieber fan who had the chance of a lifetime and a struggling mother paying forward community generosity.
A girl from Ohope is still awestruck days after she was serenaded by Justin Bieber onstage at his Auckland show.
A woman who often battles for enough money to feed her children has given a food parcel to her struggling neighbours as a way of paying forward the generosity and goodwill she has received from the Hawke's Bay community.
The family whose bach at Whangape was burnt to the ground last week, for the second time in a year, are devastated but determined to find the culprit - and asking what they have done to earn such hatred.
The staff at Tozer Real Estate were getting ready to head home for the day when a car crashed through their front window.
