NZ@Noon: Ring found in surf after six years

The engagement ring. Photo/Supplied

Some stories making headlines across the regions today include the discovery of a long-lost engagement ring in the surf on a Northland beach, and an 11-year-old entrepreneur in the Wairarapa saves for his own home.

A precious engagement ring has been found by an honest metal detector enthusiast six years after it was lost in the surf on a Northland beach.

Thorin Williams, 11, with some of the chocolate treats he sells every week as he saves for his future security.

When it comes to making money to buy a house 11-year-old Thorin Williams is one chocolate-flavoured little entrepreneur.

Burglars ram police cars during a chase involving firearms in Whakatane.

Police officers suffered serious bite wounds during a violent arrest in the Hawke's Bay.

Current Tauranga temperatures are at the extreme end of the scale for April, says Metservice.

Finally, a petition to keep funding for the Virginia Lake aviary has gathered about 600 signatures thanks to a 9-year-old boy who convinced his schoolmates to take action.