Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a brainy woman winning a bikini contest, anguish for the crew of Euphoria and the last church in Blackball goes on the market.
You have to wear a bikini to win this contest but brains are also a big advantage as Zarae Davis found out. Here's a photo gallery of Hawke's Bay beauties at the beach. Bathing beauty competitions have been popular in Hawke's Bay for quite some time.
Meanwhile here's a video of lots of people in their swimming attire doing a flash mob at Splash Planet in Hastings.
In Tauranga, passengers aboard Tranquillity helped four men on Euphoria after it sank while anchored off Mauao.
Meanwhile many Rotorua people are angry about the long grass around the city.
