Some stories making headlines around our regions today include: Next Top Model winner Danielle Hayes gets a dream job at Paris Fashion Week and a couple in Napier get to keep a $53,000 car for free.
Being asked to walk in Jean Paul Gaultier's show during Paris Fashion Week remains a dream for most models around the world. Not so for Kawerau's Danielle Hayes.
![Norm and Barb Wilkinson with Honda's Neil Dunn and the new car they ended up paying nothing for. Photo/Paul Taylor](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/PXGJN3IGVCKODG4PHFLUJ2MS4M.jpg?auth=a80573b1137af089fb15ab971ac2514e1f6d72c2a953773fa6a70f81e3b82e88&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
A lucky Napier couple keep $53,000 car for free.
A specialist grip-testing machine will be used to test slippery pavement in central Whangarei.