NZ@Noon: Creative with cannabis

Richard Chan says he grew cannabis for a very particular reason.

A creative use for cannabis in Wanganui and an unhappy drink-driving pet owner in Hawke's Bay are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.

A Wanganui artist has a unique reason for growing thousands of dollars worth of marijuana.

A Hastings drink driver who damaged a police cell says he did it because he was angry and wanted to go home to his kitten.

The "threatening" behaviour of players and supporters at a Bay of Plenty rugby game has "shocked" a spectator.

Horses have apparently been going missing in Rotorua - and some owners are taking matters into their own hands.

In Whangarei, the council has been forced to apologise to a businessman for demanding $10,000 in storage costs for a truck it wrongfully seized.

More than 60 Manu Samoa and All Blacks supporters crowded a Wairarapa bar yesterday to witness the historic first match between the All Blacks and Samoa.

And finally, in the Far North an intriguing mystery has people asking what became of the Taipa Pou?