Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a stunned landlord left with a damaged house costing thousands to repair and Tauranga tenants leave a house covered in dog excrement.
For the second time in as many months, another Wanganui landlord has been left with a house damaged and thousands of dollars out of pocket.
A house covered in dog excrement, missing light fixtures and curtains, holes in walls, and piles of furniture and rubbish are just some of the things Tauranga tenants have left landlords to deal with.
Teachers, support staff and local families marched through Rotorua to show their disgust towards a number of the Government's education policies, including national standards and charter schools.
Parklands residents are concerned the flood of rebuild workers and renters in the area are "disintegrating' the community and the value of their homes.
