NZ@Noon: Postie shields kids from dog

Breanna McRae at home in Hastings yesterday with family labrador Jessie. Photo / Duncan Brown

Stories making headlines around the region include a postie coming to the rescue of a group of kids and a new concert set to hit Rotorua.

An unidentified postie has won the hearts of a Hastings mum and her family after stepping-in to protect three children from a barking and bounding dog.

Longbeach resident Ayse Brummer has a warning for dog owners.

A Bay of Plenty man has just returned to New Zealand from an epic six-week journey, which took him along the Italian coast through to the Netherlands for the 70th anniversary of D-Day landings.

A former Raggamuffin festival director is bringing dub and reggae back to Rotorua, but it won't be a direct replacement for the well-known festival.

A talented young Northland guitarist wowed Hollywood recently when she scooped six medals at the World Championship of Performing Arts in Los Angeles.

Finally, a historic sign at Adamsons Service Station, Featherston, has caught the owner by surprise.