NZ@Noon: Haunted house and fish up a tree

ATMOSFEAR: Patric Foley is looking for support to kickstart a haunted house for Rotorua. PHOTO/BEN FRASER

Stories making headines around the regions today include plans for a haunted house in Rotorua and a strange sight in Wanganui' following recent floods.

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A wander round a flooded Waitotara River valley on June 25 provided David Webster with an odd sight - a fish up a tree.

A car crashed into a house, a woman narrowly missed being covered in exploding glass, cars shook, signage fell and a tree branch pierced a shop roof as strong gusts of winds hit the Bay of Plenty.

A Whangarei couple are disappointed it took police four days to start investigating a burglary after they were were left traumatised when thieves broke in and looted their house while they slept upstairs.

A Hastings woman sleeps with a knife under her pillow after a "week from hell" that saw her burgled twice while out of town for her grandmother's funeral.

Finally, the handler of Thames, the Masterton police dog that made national headlines when he disappeared in the Tararua Ranges, is welcoming the adoption of GPS tracking devices for all police search and rescue dogs.