It's life Flatman, but not as we know it Photo / Geoff Sloan
It's life Flatman, but not as we know it Photo / Geoff Sloan
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include Flat Man shocked by Dunedin dwellings and Funky antics land a woman in trouble with police.
Caped Christchurch crusader Flat Man thought he had seen the most devastated homes imaginable in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes. But nothing could preparehim for the student flats of Dunedin.
Louise Stanley admits to having had a few drinks before mounting her horse, Funky, and trotting into Greymouth but claims she was "hassled" by police and her antics had not harmed anyone.
Gisborne has banned sprinklers after the city's developing water shortage deepened.
Brodie Hunter, 11, came out of surgery in a stable condition yesterday but has not yet named the toy dog staff gave him, indicating it was no replacement for Dr Fitz who is still missing.
Top trending topics on Twitter in NZ at noon were: #AskZac, #FollowMeZac, #Smallzyand5SOS, #NZRowingChamps2013, #nzqt, Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand, ODI Arsenal.