Waikato SPCA centre support officer Jess Woodcock with Polly - one of dozens of cats at the organisation's Duke St depot, which is operating at full capacity.
Waikato SPCA centre support officer Jess Woodcock with Polly - one of dozens of cats at the organisation's Duke St depot, which is operating at full capacity.
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include the link between hot weather and cat breeding, and a burglary ring busted in the Far North.
High temperatures have apparently led to cats breeding at a younger age, with some from about four months.
A man sentenced to prison yesterday for synthetic cannabis-fuelled crime has said its effect on the community is as bad as class-A drugs.
Rosey Ross was disgusted to find her 88-year old mother Elleanor Tippler, who suffers dementia, was made to wear someone else's dirty false teeth after her's were lost in the rest-home.
Top trending topics on Twitter in NZ at Noon were #ForceBumpTitanium, #askbeau, #NRLParCby, #followmeharrison, #Vote1D, Google Reader, Solid Energy, #nzlead, #KCA and New Zealand.
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