A "menacing" home invader in Hawke's Bay and a "heartbreaking" mistake in Wanganui are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.
A Napier family is keeping the doors locked after a "menacing" home invader walked past six sleeping children flicking a lighter.
A Wanganui couple have spent a night grieving for their miscarried child ... only to learn the baby was alive and well.
A Bay of Plenty woman has literally "danced her way" on to The Ellen DeGeneres Show - thanks to some funky moves.
Whangarei drivers apparently have to be reminded that parking wardens are "actual people, not scum."