Wanganui's Lucy-Anne Brickley entered the Girlfriend magazine competition in November last year, and won the $3000 prize which is going toward her pilot licence flying time. Photo / Bevan Conley
Wanganui's Lucy-Anne Brickley entered the Girlfriend magazine competition in November last year, and won the $3000 prize which is going toward her pilot licence flying time. Photo / Bevan Conley
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a would be helicopter pilot named girlfriend of the year, the buttcrack bandit appears to have been nabbed and crazy people grabbing live 11,000-volt cables.
Would-be rescue helicopter pilot Lucy-Anne Brickley is New Zealand's Girlfriend of the Year.
Socialnetworking through the internet has led to the alleged capture of an infamous Northland man better known as the "Buttcrack Bandit".
"Crazy'' people are at risk of being ''fried'' by high voltage powerlines, including people driving over and picking up 11,000-volt cables.
Members of the public have swarmed social networking sites criticising mainstream media for the lack of coverage of this years kapa haka championships, seemingly not realising the media was heavily restricted in what it was allowed to cover.
A build-up of heat in a compost heap almost cost Rotorua Lakes High School a classroom.
A Tauranga judge has ordered the confiscation of a $300,000 fishing trawler belonging to the owner of a Mount Maunganui fishing company convicted of filing a string of bogus catch returns.
Taggers responsible for defacing New Brighton war memorial appear to have gotten away with the "despicable'' crime.
Top trending topics on NZ at Noon were: Oscars, #UFC157, Jennifer Lawrence, Heart Attack, New Zealand, #ttrttpt, #TrueBlueHQ, #masterchefNZ and Dunedin.
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