Stories making headlines across New Zealand this morning apart from the Olympics and the Tongariro eruption include a teen who randomly tabbed tourists, Tame Iti's prison art works and a drunk father who tried to snatch his baby daughter from hospital.
In an angry mood as the result of anargument at his home, Jason Jordan McKenzie took a 25cm kitchen knife with him to the Taupo town centre and started randomly stabbing strangers.
Olympic gold medalist Mahe Drysdale had two special supporters accompanying him in London.
A Tauranga police officer who had blood spat into his face and inside his police car by a man he was arresting has described the incident as "pretty foul" and "alarming".
A Masterton street where a car smashed into a concrete power pole, cutting power to nearly 1200 homes, is plagued by boy racers.
A Gisborne family are counting their blessings after fire destroyed their home and everything they owned during the weekend.
Top trending topics on Twitter in NZ at Noon include #MSL, #tongariro, #Curiosity, Val, Belarus, White Island, Germany, New Zealand, Aussies and Sydney.
