Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include synthetic cannabis in high demand in Bay of Plenty, a lost school group who were refused a phone call and a chronic petrol drinker described as a risk to the public.
More than 100 people entered a Tauranga store to buy the controversial synthetic cannabis Kryptonite yesterday which is apparently in high demand.
A school group from Putaruru who were lost between Napier and Wairoa with no cellphone coverage were stunned when a local pub wouldn't let them use the phone to call the school and say the children were safe but would be late home.
A young, chronic petrol sniffer and petrol drinker accused of groping a schoolgirl in Masterton was denied bail and described as a risk to the public.
More than 15 per cent of drivers zooming past two parked speed camera vans in the Far North during Easter Weekend were nabbed speeding.
