Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include Flat Man shocked by Dunedin dwellings and Funky antics land a woman in trouble with police.
Caped Christchurch crusader Flat Man thought he had seen the most devastated homes imaginable in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes. But nothing could prepare him for the student flats of Dunedin.
Louise Stanley admits to having had a few drinks before mounting her horse, Funky, and trotting into Greymouth but claims she was "hassled" by police and her antics had not harmed anyone.
Another logging truck has crashed across a notorious stretch of Northland road spilling logs across the road.
A group of Stratford residents concerned by the availability of artificial cannabis in its community has called in the big guns to help.