NZ at Noon: Flying butts, sexual satisfaction and a fugitive pitbull

A cigarette butt is being blamed for a fire which started in the back seat of this station wagon. The driver escaped serious injury but was recovering from smoke inhalation and burns to his throat. Photo / Duncan Brown

Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a survey which claims to reveal NZ's most sexually satisifed city, the dangers of throwing cigarette butts out the window and the hunt is on for a savage pitbull that attacked two schoolboys and ripped a couple of cats apart.

The most sexually satisfied group of New Zealanders apparently lives in Hastings.

Napier sign writer Corey Stephens was driving along minding his own business when a cigarette butt sailed past his head and landed in the back amongst his highly flammable solvents.

Meanwhile in Masterton, all that stood between two traumatised and wounded 15-year-old boys and a vicious pitbull was their bicycles, when a brave but soon to be dismembered little moggy intervened.

More dirty laundry has come out in Lion Man Craig Busch's spat with his mum, this time at a Whangarei coroners hearing.

When he looked over at his neighbour's house, John Green found his mate "Pidgey" slumped in the gutter, a trail of blood on the roof marking his descent.

Ann Gordon was looking out of her kitchen window just after 9pm on Sunday with a hot cup of coffee in hand when suddenly she noticed six mysterious white lights high in the sky.

Stratford Scrappers have successfully defended their New Zealand radio control stockcar teams champions title.

If you like horses and big balls then this is for you.

Over at Gisborne as a paramedic was taking a sick patient into the hospital, somebody was helping themselves to things from the ambulance. In Christchurch, Ethan Milner allegedly did the same thing.

At first it was believed Micaela Stothers took her own life because of cyber bullying, but an inquest has heard she actually set up a Facebook gossip page and posted untrue rumours on it about herself.

It will soon be possible to fly from Masterton to Auckland and back again on the same day!

Rotorua mayor Kevin Winters is learning promises made during election campaigns can come back to haunt you.

Meanwhile there's been a "mindless" act at Castlecliff Domain.

While child abuse is a big issue in New Zealand, some reckon elder abuse is just as bigger issue.

Hundreds of locals are bailing out of Ashburton to move to Australia. Meanwhile a grandfather is furious that Ashburton Borough School pupils are being forced to wear shorts in freezing winter conditions.

Over in Methven they want to demolish a couple of historic buildings.

Will sentiment convince The Rolling Stones to play a benefit concert in Dunedin?

An eight tonne elephant flew over Oamaru yesterday.

If you are looking for a good idea for lunch, trying cooking some chicken and bean nachos.

Top trending topics on Twitter in NZ at noon include #ThatOneFollower, #StateOfOrigin, Oh Harry, Lucy Lawless, QLD, Cronk, Judith Collins, Game 3, Uate and ACC.