NZ@noon: Freak accident and Vegas style weddings

Some of the stories making the headlines around the regions today include: Seconds away from becoming ketchup and an enterprising comedian tries to fill a niche in the wedding market.

A truck driver whose trailer tipped next to a giant tomato in Northland has escaped unscathed.

Martinborough comedian Kim Potter is "accommodating a niche in the wedding market" by building a mobile Vegas wedding chapel.

Tauranga police clapped and cheered after a young boy missing for more than an hour was returned to his family yesterday.

Rotorua's deputy mayor says the council is satisfied with the current safety measures in Kuirau Park, following the discovery of a body in a hot pool.

A bout of "inappropriate fisticuffs" earned a young man an assault conviction against his father this week.

A police campaign targeting beehive thieves appears to have begun paying off already, with officers in Kawakawa seizing 34 hives believed to have been stolen around the Mid North.

Auckland Police are looking for 25-year-old Wen-Hao Liang who has breached his bail conditions by removing his monitoring bracelet.

Finally, a group of young people described as "intimidating" and who defied initial bans from entering Napier Library has led to a security guard being posted outside the main entrance.