NZ @ Noon: Rally car rescue and an elaborate scam

Bystanders raced to the aid of Dave West after his Toyota Corolla GT slammed into a concrete power pole causing a fire.

A rally car smash in Pukehina and a scam that cost an elderly man in Northland all his life savings are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.

A rally driver trapped in his car after a crash was saved by spectators in Pukehina.

A Northland pensioner has lost his life savings to an elaborate scratch-and-win scam.

Mike Howard with the scratch-and-win ticket claiming he had won US$170,000.

Over 100 mill workers will find out their fate in Rotorua today.

An elderly woman has crashed through a rubbish bin, up onto the footpath and through a shop window in Taradale.

A car has crashed in to a shop in Taradale.

A former Wairarapa woman has been devastated by the news her baby girl probably won't live past her fifth birthday.

Baby Violet and mum Grace Hooper.

And finally, the McDonald's Mud Muster 2013 hit Wanganui over the weekend. Check out the photos below.

Image 1 of 18: McDonald's Mud Muster a fun "mud run'' being held at the Rangitikei Farmstay on the Tyrone Farm in the Turakina Valley in October 2013.