Paddling pool on the beach and missing plums.

Smooth sax icon Kenny G practically invented Starbucks' Frappuccino, apparently. An uncle introduced Kenny to founder Howard Schultz and he invested in the chain.

Mercedes-owning kayaker does a runner

Unlucky fisherman?

It was just a blanket before the marketing department got involved.

A reader spotted this interesting addition to Port Ohope wharf this summer.

My father-in-law suggested we send in a photo of the monarch butterfly chrysalises we have under our deck as he has been reading a lot in the Herald about the shortage of monarch butterflies.

A cookbook from the 70s. Yahoo answers suggests the title alludes to a prank, but....well, I'm not so sure.

Buzzfeed asked readers to share weird accidents that resulted in an A&E visit ... here were some goodies.

"I get condoms alongside wine, but Tom Cruise videos beside bananas?" Spotted at Countdown in downtown Auckland, by Neil.

Poor Martha needs a wax.

“Freaky face in Mt Cook,” says Daryl.

Faces In Things NZ No2. “Jabba the Hutt on the beach at Matapaua Bay in the Coromandel,” writes Al Williams.

"The Cornish Pumphouse in Waihi was looking particularly alarmed at something," writes Al Williams.

Threatened shade ... workers on the new St Lukes intersection sit under six pohutukawa trees under threat from Auckland Transport, which plans to cut down the 80-year old trees to widen Great North Rd.

"Two sheep tied to a tree, working hard to keep Glen Innes' berms beautiful and tidy!" says Priscilla Bilby.

Bronwen passed a group of young guys towing this trailer.

Brian couldn't believe the scene unfolding before his eyes at 9am on Sunday at Ellerslie town centre.

The man named after the Tennessee whiskey has named his own son after a bourbon.

A collision between two women using walking frames earlier this month has resulted in a felony charge of intimidation and misdemeanour counts of assault and criminal mischief...

A competition for atheists to rewrite the Ten Commandments has produced this list:

Bill Gates participated in the annual Reddit Secret Santa gift exchange and gifted the lucky recipient a replica Loki helmet from Marvel's Thor franchise.

A dangerous $2dollar shop purchase, war of carols and sexism at New World.

Baby Jesus, prickly 'kiwi' and a daylight robbery/parking lesson in Auckland City.

"This woman took her cats to a department store to visit Santa and, as you can see, it went quite well."

Cook it, but don't eat it: There are plenty of Christmas stock photos reminding women not to overdo the eating this Christmas.

"How the hell did they get up there?" thought the owner of this Prado, followed closely by "how the hell are they going to get down?"

Whangarei District Council property managers have ordered a repaint of six bollards outside a well known gallery in the Town Basin as they were....