Some stories making headlines across our regions today include: A driver in a speeding car smashes into a police shed near Uretiti, a Wairarapa man wins a national conservation award, and a Tauranga teacher is $20,000 richer.
Police in Uretiti hope it won't be a long wait before a roadside office used by police for weighing trucks is rebuilt after it was smashed off its foundations by a speeding driver in a stolen car.
A hepatitis-infected Rotorua man bit a woman's arm and repeatedly punched and kneed her after she woke him from a nap, a court has heard.
The message from some Hastings canine owners is simple - "there is only one dangerous breed: out-of-control dog control officers".
A national teaching prize worth $20,000 has been presented to a Tauranga teacher.
