Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a very unusual rug for sale online, panic after leg seen in a pool and a mother stealing to feed her kids.
The online sale of a cat that has been stuffed and turned into a rug has upset animal advocates who say the auction is disturbing and in bad taste.
Police were called to Whangarei Falls after a visitor reported seeing a child's limb floating in a pool.
A Whangarei solo mum has resorted to stealing to feed her children.
A man who paid for the illegal felling of native trees so he could have an unobstructed view of the harbour from his spa pool has been fined $45,800.
