NZ@Noon: Prisoner on P and axe-wielding robber

The prisoner claimed former gang associates "spiked" his drink bottle with methamphetamine. Photo / File

Stories making headlines around the regions today include a Northland prisoner on P and an axe-wielding thief in Wairarapa.

A Whangarei man already convicted for murder has been caught taking methamphetamine in prison.

Can you identify this man? This thief confronted a lone petrol attendant with an axe late last night.

'Collector's items' signed by Sir Edmund Hillary are up for auction in the Bay.

Hawke's Bay-raised rugby league star Tohu Harris has turned designer and model.

Meanwhile, black ice in the Rotorua region caused several crashes on the district's roads this morning.

A Northland resident says Auckland fishing trawlers are cleaning out Doubtless Bay illegally.

This Upokongaro woman has been overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers in the aftermath of the floods.

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