Agrodome general manager Grant Kilby says staff are saddened and disturbed after someone shot and killed three prize sheep on the property. Photo / Ben Fraser
Agrodome general manager Grant Kilby says staff are saddened and disturbed after someone shot and killed three prize sheep on the property. Photo / Ben Fraser
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include three of Agrodome's stars being shot dead, legalising gay marriage will apparently increase the crime rate and tennis legend Andre Agassi is in the country.
Staff at popular Rotorua tourist destination the Agrodome are in shock after three of their prizeshow animals were gunned down in a random attack.
Eight people were taken to hospital after a man allegedly in a stolen car crashed into another vehicle containing six people near where a police patrol had stopped.
The nerve centre of Kim Dotcom's latest venture, Mega, will be in Napier.
Buried in the soil beneath the floor of the St George's Anglican Church is the blood of Maori and British soldiers who fought in one of the most vicious battles of colonial New Zealand - the Battle of Gate Pa.
Taramakau Bridge contractors have been told to cease work after workers were videoed dumping unknown reddish-coloured material into the river.
Coal, presumably lost in 1887 when the ship Northumberland was wrecked, still washes ashore at Bay View in Hawke's Bay.
Top trending topics on Twitter in NZ at Noon were: Mega, New Zealand, Auckland, Wellington, #janoskiansroadtrip, #SpamWar, #SYDvNIX, #megalaunch, #followmeash and Kim Dotcom.
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