NZ@Noon: Kind resident's reward offer

Have you seen this vehicle? The Whangarei Roofing and Bricks company truck was stolen on Tuesday.

Stories making headlines around the regions today include a kind resident with deep pockets and a city that "seems more chilly than it really is".

A kind resident offered a $1000 reward to the public in a bid to get some information on thieves who left a trail of destruction in Whangarei this week.

Rotorua's 'chill factor' is being examined after discrepancies between the temperature reported on television and the actual temperature in the city.

A Hamilton man dubbed 'Dr Bogan' will talk about 'analysing bogan culutre' at the end of this month.

Post-election the vandalism continues, as a Hawke's Bay National MP's 'thanks' billboards have been the subject to a "targeted and quite deliberate" attack.

Three years on from the Rena disaster, Bay of Plenty schools will be the lucky recipients of a free package of 'books which could be used....to educate students about the Rena grounding and clean up'.

Meanwhile, Hawke's Bay rugby players took to the catwalk during the Red Cross Runway Show in Havelock North.

A Whanganui thief was nabbed at the scene of the crime - 6 days after the crime was committed.

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