NZ@Noon: Pound puppies and dangerous dairies

Hastings pound manager John Payne, with one of the adoptable dogs at their new pound facility.

A dairy owner in Rotorua is undeterred despite dangerous attacks and pound puppies get a new leash on life - just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.

This Rotorua dairy owner has been threatened, held up with a golf club and attacked with a table leg - but he's not going anywhere.

These Hastings pound puppies are about to get a pampering - and a new leash on life.

Another kiwi has been killed by a dog as the national bird's grim winter in the Bay of Islands continues.

A Bay of Plenty great-grandfather who lost everything in a fire is still thankful for the important things.

A putrid smell has Wanganui locals gagging - and looking for answers.

The internet has come to the aid of Masterton mum who lost her daughter.

And finally, click here to watch a drill called 'Alice' turn around on her trip through the Waterview connection.