Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a young Hastings boy hit by a car while riding his tricycle, and a spate of abduction attempts hit Mount Maunganui.
A 7-year-old boy was hit by a car and seriously injured yesterday afternoon while riding a tricycle along a Hastings street.
Tauranga parents are divided on whether to let their children walk to and from school after a spate of abduction attempts in the area.
A car bulldozed its way through a quiet Hastings suburban street on the weekend, waking and terrifying neighbours. The driver crashed the car and fled the scene.
A Rotorua man who has been praised for the caring way he raised his dog has been attacked by his own pitbull.