NZ@Noon: Stray's special talent and kids predict future

NOSY: Tigger is being trained by Guus Knopers to be a crime-fighter.PHOTO/ANDREW WARNER

Stories making the headlines today include a stray dog with a special talent and the children of Wanganui have their own Back To The Future moment.

A dog left abandoned at the SPCA's gates is now being trained by his new Te Puke owner to fight crime.

The children at Durie Hill and Okoia schools have some interesting insights into the future.

Far North Deputy Mayor Tania McInnes has pledged to shave off her "crowning glory" if she can get $5000 in donations for a Northland children's charity.

A Featherston Christmas Market organiser was taken by surprise last Friday when broadcaster Mike Hosking called him, offering a $2000 donation to fund the purchase of a sound system for the town's festivities.

A teenager has been left "gutted" after his $2500 bike was stolen while he was visiting his sick granddad.

Finally, a former Whakatane teen says she is flabbergasted after being crowned runner-up at her first Miss Universe New Zealand pageant.