Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include two tourists swept out to sea in a toy dinghy, the neighbours from hell in Wanganui and a raging bush fire in Taupo.
One man from Chile and another from Argentina were spotted drifting out to sea at Papamoa beach in an inflatable toy dinghy with two little plastic paddles and no life jackets.
Some Wanganui residents say they have had to endure the neighbours from hell for 20 years.
A bush fire in Taupo which raged for three hours destroying 4ha of bush and pine next to Spa Park is being treated as suspicious.
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