NZ@Noon: Fluffy friends and school rot

Mike and Gill Godrey own 90 cats. Photo/George Novak

A clowder of cats in Te Puna and a rotten school in Northland are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.

This Te Puna couple have almost 90 fluffy feline friends strutting about their property.

Rotting, sagging ceilings and toxic mould - this Northland school "not fit for a dog" is finally going to get some much needed repairs.

This Rotorua marae is becoming a bit too hot to handle.

Search and rescue teams waded through "arm-pit deep water" in the middle of the night to rescue a lost Carterton man.

Firefighters had to resort to "unusual" measures to help an injured teen in Wanganui.

A Nepalese student who was robbed while cycling to Hastings says he's finally "back on track."

And finally, he's a "little teddy bear and she's a wee honey" - these two Ruakaka rescue pups now need a forever home.