NZ@Noon: Wayward logs and highway havoc

Motorists stopped to help clear State Highway 3 of heavy logs.

Some stories making headlines across the regions are: Motorists stopped to help clear State Highway 3 of heavy logs and how would you like to name a street? The council in Carterton are asking for public name submissions.

Wayward logs nearly caused havoc on State Highway 3 in Wanganui

The Carterton District council is calling for public submissions for the possible renaming of streets and for future street names.

A woman accused of attempting to rob a young French couple at gunpoint in Napier has walked free.

Police are embracing new technology in an effort to find the owners of a cache of stolen property found during recent drug busts around Whangarei.

And the removal of the second piece of Rena's 700-tonne accommodation block has been put on hold.

Finally, an iconic Rotorua building has been closed and deemed as a earthquake risk.