Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a would be helicopter pilot named girlfriend of the year, the buttcrack bandit appears to have been nabbed and crazy people grabbing live 11,000-volt cables.
Would-be rescue helicopter pilot Lucy-Anne Brickley is New Zealand's Girlfriend of the Year.
Social networking through the internet has led to the alleged capture of an infamous Northland man better known as the "Buttcrack Bandit".
"Crazy'' people are at risk of being ''fried'' by high voltage powerlines, including people driving over and picking up 11,000-volt cables.
Members of the public have swarmed social networking sites criticising mainstream media for the lack of coverage of this years kapa haka championships, seemingly not realising the media was heavily restricted in what it was allowed to cover.
