NZ@Noon: The war of the feijoas and an art attack

Giant feijoas at Fairy Springs home. Photo / Stephen Parker

Stories making headlines around the regions today include the start or a regional feijoa spat and Whangarei under art attack.

Is this the start of a regional feijoa war? Just who has the biggest feijoas? Hawkes Bay or Rotorua?

The Whangarei region is under art attack. Find out what it is all about here.

Bachelor Arthur Green is eyeing a life in the Bay of Plenty. Find out what might be in stall for him and Matilda Rice here.

A Wairarapa mother has slammed her midwife for a stillbirth.

This Hawke's Bay-based waka crew has set sail for the Cook Islands without charts instruments and GPS. Check out the start of their journey here.

And finally, this Wanganui thief got less than he bargained for after stealing two iPhone demonstration models.