NZ@Noon: New life for Charity and good neighbours

SUPPORT: SPCA animal welfare inspector Anna Porteous says there has been a "huge outpouring of support for Charity" since the dog was thrown into the Wairoa River.PHOTO/JOHN BORREN

A new life for an unfortunate dog and a neighbour coming to the rescue are two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.

There has been an outpouring of a support for a dog thrown off a bridge into the Wairoa River - Charity is not quite ready to be adopted yet - so the SPCA says she will be placed in foster care.

A 71-year-old man is being hailed as a hero after he pulled his "near dead" neighbour from his burning house seconds before it exploded.

Mystery surrounds the origins of a sonic boom heard in the wider Wanganui region overnight.

A Rotorua woman can now add "TV star" to her somewhat random CV which also includes hairdresser, speedway driver and amateur boxer.

An East Coast rugby coach decided to get married in a brief ceremony staged between the goalposts during the halftime break of the Wairarapa-Bush Rugby Union's Tui Cup premier division competition.

Police say they are dismayed at the ages of people committing crimes after three teenage girls were arrested following a crime spree in an Auckland suburb.

A governance board made up of iwi and council representatives will "open up a huge can of worms" when it takes over management of Ninety Mile Beach