NZ@Noon: Exploding letterboxes and a 'rock music legend'

This is all that is left of the Fairway Drive letter box blown up by a tuna bomb this week. Photo / Michael Cunningham

Exploding letterboxes in Northland and a rock star in Napier are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.

Apparently a "tuna bomb" was used to blow up a Whangarei letterbox.

A "rock music legend" will be heading to Napier next week.

A "putrid pong" problem in Wanganui could lead to prosecution by the Regional Council.

One of the first commercial recordings made in New Zealand has been discovered in Rotorua. Check out the audio here.

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A Hamilton high school teacher has caused a stir after unlawfully passing students.

And finally, it seems Masterton's entranceway pou have been stripped of their symbols and locals want to know why.