Stories making headlines around the regions today include emergency text alerts fail to hit their mark and a Northland nana proves her mettle.
Northland's newest world champion is a Kaikohe grandmother less than 1.52m tall who can lift three times her own body weight.
Bay of Plenty Civil Defence operators say lessons have been learned after a mass email and text test alert at the weekend failed to reach everyone.
A large crowd of students looked on as emergency crews rushed to help four "seriously injured" teenagers trapped in a car after a crash at John Paul College yesterday.
Hawke's Bay Seafoods director Nino D'Esposito is "dismayed" by Ministry of Primary Industries allegations of fishing quota illegalities against his company.
