Stories making the headlines around the regions today include goodwill floods in for a cat shot in the head three times and illegal hunters put their lives at risk.
Santa survived three shots to the head and has now become the focus of a world-wide campaign to help other abused animals.
A Hawke's Bay farmer believes "sooner or later somebody will be shot" if cowboy poachers continue to illegally hunt on his and nearby neighbours' land.
A Far North family are blaming a 'mozzie zapper' for sparking a blaze that destroyed their home.
Locals are slamming the condition of an underpass at Marton Junction which has provided a place for schoolchildren to safely cross the train tracks for more than a century.
