A nasty little beach bug has returned to Bay shores, leaving its victims with unbearably itchy bites. Photo / Supplied
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a nasty little critter dining out on people on Bay of Plenty beaches, the "Buttcrack bandit" is still out there and are you back at work and feeling disoriented?
The Mount Mauler has returned to Bay of Plenty beaches with the
nasty sand dwelling mini monster leaving bites so severe it can look like a dog has "chomped down" on its victims leg.
Meanwhile in Northland the infamous Buttcrack Bandit is still at large.
Feeling disoriented and taking a "go-slow" attitude? Little interest in work or focusing on your next holiday? Feeling irritable, in a bad mood or suffering headaches? You've got the back to work blues.
A Whangarei man who bashed another in a random act of street thuggery and stole petrol five times has narrowly avoided jail.
