Landlord Myra Williams stands among the rubbish left in her Gonville rental property's garage after her tenants moved out. Photo / Stuart Munro
Landlord Myra Williams stands among the rubbish left in her Gonville rental property's garage after her tenants moved out. Photo / Stuart Munro
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a stunned landlord left with a damaged house costing thousands to repair and Tauranga tenants leave a house covered in dog excrement.
For the second time in as many months, another Wanganui landlord has been left with a housedamaged and thousands of dollars out of pocket.
A house covered in dog excrement, missing light fixtures and curtains, holes in walls, and piles of furniture and rubbish are just some of the things Tauranga tenants have left landlords to deal with.
Parklands residents are concerned the flood of rebuild workers and renters in the area are "disintegrating' the community and the value of their homes.
A Carterton mother is warning of the dangers of bullying after her son, 11, tried to strangle himself with a skipping rope to end years of torment over a disfiguring affliction.
A field of 140 white crosses - symbolising Waipawa servicemen lost in war - was targeted by vandals on Saturday night with about 25 of them ripped out and stolen.
