NZ@Noon: Tourist smokes P outside police station

A tourist returned to his vehicle where he smoked methamphetamine before pacing around the car park outside a police station. Photo / File

Stories making headlines around the regions include a tourist smoking P in his car outside a police station and a drunken rampage with a loaded crossbow.

An Australian visitor was caught smoking methamphetamine in his car while he was parked in the car park outside the Whakatane police station.

Meanwhile, an intoxicated 56-year-old man went on a rampage with a loaded crossbow, sparking an Armed Offenders Squad callout.

This Murupara woman pleaded guilty to "losing it" after punching a 12-year-old so hard that she shattered a window with her head.

A disabled driver received a note calling her "lazy" after she parked outside The Warehouse in Tauranga.

Firefighters from Masterton received a double whammy yesterday trying to to bring a grass fire under control while fending off buzzing attackers from nearby.

Hamilton will be leaping with parkour enthusiasts next month while hosting the parkour nationals.

World-record freediver William Trubridge announced beating a personal record in the Bahamas yesterday.

And finally, home grown talent Tomorrow People will be headlining a strong line-up which will mark the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.