Stories making headlines around the regions today include an Argentine ant invasion, a sharemilker's quadbike is destroyed by fire and the New Year Honours recipients are named.
A sharemilker's day got off to a horror start when a quadbike he was riding caught fire.
An invasion of Argentine ants is driving Patea residents to despair.
A first-time beauty pageant contestant was stunned when she was named Miss Whangamata 2014.
In popular culture, religious missionaries are used to having doors slammed in their faces. But two members of the Mormon faith say their evangelistic experiences in Wairarapa have been just the opposite.
