Stories happening across the regions today include a dog who went missing from Wanganui is found 400km away and a man trying to impress some female tourists on Ninety Mile Beach ending up in hospital.
Duke the dog went missing from Wanganui has been found a week later in Auckland.
A man's attempt to impress three German tourists on Ninety Mile beach ended in an unexpected helicopter flight.
A Hastings pig hunter has been prosecuted for using an illegal device.
A man has been jailed for selling drugs to undercover officers just metres from the Rotorua police station.