NZ@Noon: Why can't we get work?

Liz and Ross Grant have applied for more than 150 jobs in the past year with no success. Photo / Andrew Warner

Justice for a man killed in a Rotorua hit and run and a couple in the Bay of Plenty want to know why nobody will hire them - just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.

An older Tauranga couple have unsuccessfully applied for about 150 jobs between them over the past year.

Rotorua police are still looking for justice for hit and run victim Israel Jack.

Being in the right place at the right time paid off for Whangarei Heads residents who came across an unexpected visitor swimming through Smuggler's Cove.

Loyal Lansdowne meat-lovers won't let road works spoil the business of their local butcher - and are ready to fight for their prime cuts.

The Makfi Challenge Stakes Daffodil Race Day in Hastings will have a special guest of honour this year.

And finally a memorial service has marked 100 years since two South Taranaki locals were killed at Chunuk Bair.