NZ@Noon: Pet on five-week walkabout

Lost turtle Samantha and her friends.

Stories making headlines around the regions today include a turtle on a five-week walkabout and a social media page for bargain hunters.

Samantha the turtle was reunited with Doris and squirt yesterday after lunching with a builder in Greytown.

A Tauranga based social media page is causing products on sale to fly off shelves.

Murderer Phillip Smith sparked an international manhunt late last year. Now his escape has brought Northland charitable projects to a halt.

An armed man fled a pursuing driver who barrelled his car through fences and across properties in Masterton yesterday.

Which local police force has the lowest workplace morale in the country? Find out here.

Meanwhile, these Northland paua poachers were not just hit by fines but also lost their mates car in the process.

Rotorua people from "all walks of life" have bundled up and experienced a night of rough sleeping. Click here to find out more.

Two volunteers saved a family and their pet from a house fire in Wanganui.

And finally, reggae group Trinity Roots wil headline a knockout lineup of artists at celebrations for Matariki on Auckland's Waterfront.