NZ@Noon: Musical protest and a mural makeover

House of Shem will perform at a Northland festival to protest off shore drilling. PIctured is lead singer Carl Perkins.

A musical protest in Northland and a makeover for an inner city 'eyesore' are just two of the stories making headlines around the region today.

Musos are banding together in Northland to fight off-shore oil drilling .

An inner city wall that was once an "eyesore" is getting a new look with a bright new mural.

A two metre remote-controlled plane which hit a Mangateretre man's house has been reunited with its owner.

Many Bay of Plenty children will travel for free to school next year.

Bored teens in Featherston attacked a toilet roll dispenser and stole a commercial toilet roll from a public toilet.

And finally a Wanganui family will compete in a TV cooking show that could benefit Ranana Marae.