NZ@Noon: Shy creature wows judges

This close up photograph is of a rare bright yellow and blue sea slug. Photo / Rachel Boschen

Headlines around the regions today includes an unpleasant shock in the mail and a shy, colourful sea creature is in the limelight.

It's a colourful creature that usually hides away underwater, but an image of the bright yellow and blue sea slug has won a top award in NIWA's annual photography competition.

Bills in the mail are rarely pleasant - but Masterton man Les Warrington was in for a rude shock when he opened his latest electricity bill.

Two novice Wanganui riders on motocross bikes got an unwelcome surprise when they both rode up a sand dune and collided with each other at the top yesterday.

Welcome Bay man Aaron Hopping organised last week's candle light vigils for five-year-old Jack Dixon and penned an open letter to the boy's family.

A Hawke's Bay designer beat out 160 other contestants from New Zealand and overseas,
to win her category and an overall Supreme Award at the World of Wearable Art.

And finally, drinking coffee in Rotorua could now spark a conversation about donating your organs or tissue.