The Hape family was getting ready for dinner when they saw the neighbour jump the fence and heard him yell, 'your roof is on fire'.
After Dolphy Tetawhero Kohu was accused of being a prowler at a residence, he returned later with a shotgun and opened fire.
Raj Patel wants to expand his dairy to sell Indian specialty grocery items but some neighbours claim that would be detrimental to the neighbourhood.
The bomb squad was put on stand by after people wandering along Hampden Beach found a suspicious object with wires sticking out of it on the shore.
Greymouth Resident Susan Dense says she was ill for much of the night after drinking the murky water that came out of her tap.
Dunedin firefighters dealt with more couch and furniture fires than usual during February, mostly at student flats.
Top trending topics on Twitter in NZ at noon were #NZPGA, #thebibble, Mighty River Power, HIV, Census, #Laugh, New Zealand, #Auckland and Wellington.
Other stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon:
Northland: Worst dry in 60 years
Hotere completes final journey
Chopper on daily forest fire alert
New footage of swans being maimed
Fire guts family's campervan
Long time between rainwater drinks
Man admits street attack on girl, 14
