NZ@Noon: Son beats dad into retirement home

Cherrywood pensioner Peter Harvey turns 100 today. He has just had has driver's licence approved for the next two years and lives alone. Photo / George Novak

A 100-year-old man whose son beat him to a place in a rest home and a young man who spent hours next to the dead body of a mate are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.

Tauranga man Peter Harvey loves the fact his son ended up moving into a retirement complex before him.

A young man was trapped for hours next to his dead mate after a crash in Masterton.

Adam King has pleaded guilty to careless driving, after the death of his passenger Tyler Swinbank in May.

Two teenage Flaxmere College girls have died within a week of each other.

A community rallied and the council bowed to the pressure in Wanganui when it came to the sale of Handley Park.

Anson St residents Jayden Palamountain and his partner Lucy Lavington, with son Anakin and dog Rucker, who started a petition against the selling of Handley Reserve.

Rotorua's gigantic floating wetland has been damaged.

Wetlands are breaking up on Lake Rotorua. Photo / Ben Fraser

And finally Harold the Giraffe is a hero to the parents of two young boys in Whangarei.