Police set up diversions after a truck and trailer unit flipped on SH1 near Atiamuri. Photo / Stephen Parker
Police set up diversions after a truck and trailer unit flipped on SH1 near Atiamuri. Photo / Stephen Parker
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a clip of three friends wakeboarding through floodwater hitting YouTube and a truck and trailer flips on State Highway 1.
Three guys bored with being stuck inside during Tauranga's downpour over the weekend found a novel way to makelight of a bad situation.
A truck driver managed to walk away with only minor injuries after his truck and trailer flipped on State Highway 1.
The house moved to Whanganui Prison to accommodate sexual predator Stewart Murray Wilson could be used for other high-risk offenders, Wanganui deputy mayor Rangi Wills fears.
The planned Hundertwasser Art Centre at Whangarei has moved from being a "fragile venture" scorned by many ratepayers to a predicted tourist magnet for which corporate and private benefactors have already stumped up $2 million.
A peaceful protest against mining at Puhipuhi went without disruption but raised a lot of horn-blasts from passing traffic on State Highway 1.
