Drunken vandalism in Carterton and an upsetting theft from a family of good Samaritans in Wanganui are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.
Two drunk Carterton women smashed a shop window and attacked a police car after a perceived "slight".
An 11-year-old boy from Wanganui who gives up his bed regularly to those less fortunate was robbed by one of the people his family tried to help out.
In Northland, an 8-year-old boy with cerebral palsy has led his first climbing team on a successful expedition to the summit of Mount Manaia.
A Tauranga woman is hoping to get the support of the public to force child abusers to face compulsory sterilisation.