Mystery flakes in baby formula and a clamping crackdown in Northland are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.
A Marton mum still does not know what the strange red flakes she found in her baby's food were.
A fed-up publican in Kerikeri has started clamping cars, a move which is "completely legal".
Pedestrians in Taradale have again missed out on a road "refuge" that would benefit the residents of a local rest home.
Handfuls of pebbles gathered from a Masterton property are on their way to Gallipoli.