NZ@Noon: Burnt bees and unlikely hero

Joy Pettit and husband Norm at home in Napier last night, after watching the telecast of the game in which grandson Karne Hesketh etched a place in sports history at the Rugby World Cup by scoring a try in Japan's shock defeat of South Africa. Photo / Warren Buckland

Burnt bees in Northland and an unlikely hero who hails from Napier are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.

Several bee hives were deliberately set alight by an arsonist in Northland.

No one could be prouder than this Napier Nana after her grandson became the unlikely hero of the Rugby World Cup.

This ex-pat Japanese family in Tauranga were flabbergasted when the Cherry Blossoms made World Cup history over the weekend.

Two Wanganui entrepeneurs have turned beer brewing waste into a cracker new product.

Wheelchairs are apparently disappearing in Rotorua - and the hospital needs them back.

And finally, the Battle of Britain has been honoured around the country, with ceremonies in Masterton, Tauranga and Rotorua