NZ@Noon: Unexpected squatters and a shark sensation

Ade Steele checks on the squatter family living in her ute's engine bay. Photo / Peter de Graaf

Unexpected squatters in the Far North and a shark sensation in Waimarama are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.

A Far North woman won't be using her ute for the next three weeks thanks to a family of five squatters using it as a home.

The great white shark which was caught and released off the coast at Waimarama has become an online sensation.

The mystery of the missing yellow signs in Rotorua has been solved.

Big brother is apparently watching in the Bay of Plenty.

The dog who attacked two miniature horses in Masterton has been euthanised.

Relieved neighbours have tracked down a father and son thought to have perished in a house fire in Kaikohe.

Taranaki is about to become a top freedom camping holiday destination.

And finally, a chance look online has reunited a Hamilton woman with the writings of her lost uncle who died in World War II.