Nicola Starks, grandaughter of Robert Falcon Scott and Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton unveil a Memorial Plaque. Photo / Carol Edwards
Nicola Starks, grandaughter of Robert Falcon Scott and Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton unveil a Memorial Plaque. Photo / Carol Edwards
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include an emotional reunion for the relatives of a great explorer, a five-year-old boy's delight at getting his scooter back and Waiharara School house gutted.
It has been an emotional few days in Oamaru for the descendants of Robert FalconScott.
A five-year-old Masterton boy is delighted his Christmas present, an MGP scooter, has been returned after it was stolen while he attended a holiday programme last month.
Mill closure rumours are rife in Wairoa with the mothballed rail line possibly the final straw for Clyde Lumber.
The occupants of a utility vehicle which was crushed ''as flat as a pancake" after it plunged about 50m down a steep face near Lee Stream are lucky to be alive.
It cost $4000 to fly a "well-known Nelson climber" out of the South Westland bush, in what police say was an abuse of the system.
Top trending topics on Twitter in NZ at noon were: StrugglesOfBeingFromNewZealand, #skipfollowme, #MasterChefNZ, #USA7s, SNL, Happy Chinese New Year, Grammys, Skip and New Zealand
