Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a dead whale sparking an emergency, some pushing and shoving at Waitangi and the fountains will no longer run in a major city.
The rotting body of a sperm whale sparked an emergency callout off the Western Bay of Plenty coastline.
Ngapuhi elders apparently decided not to "jump up and down" about Titewhai Harawira escorting John Key to the Te Tii Marai at Waitangi. But what would Waitangi events be without some pushing and shoving.
Here's a video of Sir Paul Holmes leaving Mana Estate in Hawke's Bay for the final time.
Hamilton is turning off all the fountains around the city.
