NZ at Noon: The Rose of Tralee, Facebook addiction and naked surfing

Taranaki's Alana Marshall was crowned Rose of Tralee NZ.

Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a New Zealand woman who likes surfing in her birthday suit, a woman who wrongly thought she had escaped a real estate scam and are you a Facebook addict?

A quirky Kiwi woman who surfs naked says she is not out there to get everyone to look at her. "I just love the sensation and simplicity of surfing in my 'sustainability suit'."

A five year old and his preschool buddy got a hold of some matches and decided to see what would happen if they set a mattress on fire in the bedroom.

Jenny, described as an intelligent mother of two, smelt a rat when a prospective landlord wanted $1120 paid into a Western Union account before he handed over the key and pulled the plug. What she didn't realise was she had already handed over her identity.

At least 16 emergency service vehicles attended this fatal accident north of Kawakawa. Two people are dead following separate road crashes on Waikato roads. While we often hear of road tolls which count the dead, we don't as often hear about the many who nearly die.

A car has smashed into a house in Tauranga this morning.

The fire service installed four smoke alarms in this house as part of a community initiative, but it didn't help.

Sione Vaioleti says his 30,000 taro plants could die.

Kaingaroa Village is being ruined by people sneaking around stealing lots of things including the kitchen sink.

How often do you use Facebook? Are you addicted to Facebook?

Forget swimwear and spray tans, here's the Rose of Tralee.

Meanwhile Central Taranaki principals are in shock.

This 79-year-old woman in Wanganui will never open her door to help strangers again.

Anita Fogarty was unable to explain the strange recurring lights near the summit of Flagstaff, above Dunedin's central city, for more than a year.

John McLachlan's wife finally got fed up with the chunk of an Iceberg he was keeping in their freezer.

Top trending topics on Twitter in NZ at noon were: #WhatMakes1DBeautiful, #DearOneDirection, #BelievePromoTourToNewZealand, Louis Tomlinson For Miss Universe, Scott Dixon, Florence, New Zealand, #reecemastinconcertmemories, #ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutMe and #60minutes.