Headlines around the regions today include a man who texted his way out of a farming accident, excitement over a walk-through aviary and Helen Clark's visit to Rotorua.
"If he didn't have a cellphone with him he would still be sitting there and might have lost his arm."
![Visitors to Pukaha Mount Bruce can enjoy closer encounters with native birds when construction of a walk-through aviary is complete.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/IHJKAAQSZGDSYON6GTRG4DNXXU.jpg?auth=19373d1422de00a7c8adb13e9a749f6fa8e08abaf1edb73292e8743425f10900&width=16&height=7&quality=70&smart=true)
A Hawke's Bay farmer pinned under a concrete slab managed to send