NZ@Noon: Scammer sends sock to customer

The offender pleaded guilty to all charges. Photo / Thinkstock

Stories making headlines around the regions today include a Wanganui woman who sent her customer a sock instead of the sold item and a stolen super quad bike with $20,000 shocks.

This Wanganui culprit claimed to be selling cell phones on Trade Me but instead sent a sock and a t-shirt to her customers.

A reward is offered for this super quad bike worth $50,000 which was stolen from a Northland home.

Electric skateboards? This Rotorua company has opened what it says is New Zealand's first purpose-built electric skateboard track.

What has 142 wheels, pumps out 1590 horsepower, weighs 190 tonnes and needs three drivers to keep it on the road? Find out what hit Northland's roads here.

Meanwhile, this savvy Hamilton News columnist and businesswoman's yummy dairy-free treat has gone 'mental' on social media.

This kaumatua remembers Waitangi Day as the date his ancestors were forced to sign the Treaty "under the point of a gun".

And finally, after the failed proposal for a giant waka the 'beautification' debate surrounding Tauranga's waterfront continues with $12m worth of allocated funds.