NZ@Noon: Royal art makes big impression

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Stories making headlines around the regions today include a piece of royal art and thieves ram in to a petrol station leaving a trail of destruction.

A Wanganui woman is the proud new owner of a painting that was partly painted by Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.

Thieves in a stolen truck left a trail of destruction after trying to ram through the front doors of a service station then breaking into a supermarket within 30 minutes.

Vandals who smashed their way into Pukaha Mt Bruce in the early hours of Sunday were left empty handed.

It has been 17 years since Frank Harlow last set foot in New Zealand but he was not going to miss attending the 150th anniversary of the Queen Alexandria's Mounted Rifles Brigade - the regiment he served with before the outbreak of World War II.

A Rotorua woman is calling for people to open their hearts to help those who have nowhere to go.

And finally, opinions are mixed in Tauranga on whether New Zealand needs a new national flag.