Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include controversy after demands for a floral tribute to a dead boy be removed from a power pole.
Flowers attached to a power pole at the spot where 12-year-old Joshua Bennie was hit by a van and killed on his way to school in Napier pay tribute to the boy, but after one complaint from a nearby resident the council is considering removing them.
Far North District Council forgot to consult several Far North iwi about letting the Top Gear petrol heads hoon along Te Oneroa-a-Tohe at 150km an hour.
When one of New Zealand's top police dog handlers started having dizzy spells and not feeling himself early last year, he figured he probably needed a holiday. But the real reason was far more sinister.
A man in his 70's appears to be filming school children from his car in the Bay of Plenty.
