Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include pets receiving eye exams, Esk River bridge becomes a carcass dumping ground and a bomb-sniffing puppy.
A queue of cats, dogs, rabbits, ponies and a lizard - with their owners - waited in central Wanganui to have their eyes checked on Saturday.
Hawke's Bay's Esk River bridge and banks have become what frustrated authorities are calling a "disgusting dumping place" with the latest disturbing find being an adult stag that had simply been shot and dumped.
A puppy rescued by a Whangarei SPCA worker is now saving lives by sniffing out explosives in some of the world's war-torn danger spots.
Wairarapa SPCA is in the midst of a kitten cat-aclysm and is appealing for help from pet lovers.
