Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include residents who have had enough of the theft and vandalism ruining their town.
Kawakawa residents say they've had enough of youths dragging their town down by burgling businesses and abusing tourists.
Kaitaia businessman David Collard has appealed to Northland District Commander Superintendent Russell le Prou to give the police in his town the support they need to get on top of a months-long spate of burglaries and wilful damage.
Attention to detail is what a senior Hamilton Police officer is crediting his staff for after a man using a borrowed taxi was arrested following a burglary in Dinsdale early yesterday morning.
Some Rotorua parents are taking their pre-school children to daycare in a bid to contract chicken pox.
