NZ at Noon: Shark bite, stench d-day

Herald online

17 Jan, 2013 11:00 PM2 mins to read

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Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a divers close call with a very big shark, a woman out of pocket after a Facebook "free trial" and the war on stench continues in Wanganui.

Kim Bade was happily spear fishing underwater when he felt "this nip" on his hand and when he looked around there was a 3 metre shark looking straight at him.

A 62-year-old Stratford woman is more than $180 out of pocket after she signed up on Facebook for a free trial of beauty products.

It is D-Day in Wanganui's war on stench.

Apparently dog owners may soon be allowed to bring their four-legged friends along on a night out at restaurants? What do you think?

Two minutes longer and a fire that destroyed a garage and small flat could also have claimed the lives of four children.

The Far North District Council is seeking a restraining order under the Harassment Act 1997 to muzzle growling watchdog and critic Des Mahoney.

Here's a case of the fire service arriving in the nick of time.

Scarfies are apparently no longer wanting to drink at ''skody student pubs''.

Robert Alexander Gardner moved in with a woman after he finished a 13-month prison stretch and then stole her bankcard and withdrew $2096 of her earthquake payment over one boozy night.