NZ@Noon: Biopsy error leads to unnecessary chemo

Whangarei hospital. Photo / File

Stories making headlines around the regions today include a botched biopsy result and nesting birds cost a farmer his tractor.

A woman received "several months" of unnecessary chemotherapy after a botched tissue biopsy at Whangarei Hospital.

A Bay of Plenty woman is afraid her family will be href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11351718" target="_blank">left homeless before the end of the month if she cannot find another rental property.

It only takes starlings 17 minutes to build a nest in a tractor, which can result in a costly fire.

It's a trip of a lifetime for the world's most diehard Hobbit fans - and first up they're set to be wowed by Rotorua.

A new online tool has been launched that allows schools to compare benefits of the Government's controversial $359 million Investing in Educational Success plan.

All eyes were on Tame Iti as he took the floor at the Tu Kaha Maori health conference as the final speaker, recounting a radical past and how he came to live a more healthy and fulfilled lifestyle.

And finally in sports news, Whangarei turns it on as the Kiwis go on to beat Toa Samoa at the Four Nations tournament.