Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include the link between hot weather and cat breeding, and a burglary ring busted in the Far North.
High temperatures have apparently led to cats breeding at a younger age, with some from about four months.
Two burglary rings have been targeting homes and baches in the Onerahi and Whangarei Heads area.
A man sentenced to prison yesterday for synthetic cannabis-fuelled crime has said its effect on the community is as bad as class-A drugs.
Rosey Ross was disgusted to find her 88-year old mother Elleanor Tippler, who suffers dementia, was made to wear someone else's dirty false teeth after her's were lost in the rest-home.
