Stories making headlines around the regions today include chilling screams that caused concern in Kerikeri and a man who has taken an "oriental" approach to middle age.
The shrill bleats of goats hiding in bushes sparked a police callout when they were mistaken for human screams.
Brian Carter has rid himself of a gaudy mid-life crisis and taken on an Oriental persona.
All 72-year-old Ian Holor wanted to know after crashing his bike was when he could go windsurfing again.
Roy Nathan hasn't forgiven himself for killing someone while drunk driving.