Opportunist nudist, conspiracy art and the end of the worldBy Peter Fowler
Expand Nearly 300 people shed their clothes at Papamoa to take part in a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest collective skinny dip. Photo / Bay of Plenty Times
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a man who stumbled across lots of people running naked on a beach, what does Kim Dotcom and UFO sightings have in common and brides have been dancing on a beach trying to prevent the end of the world.
When Papamoa resident Kevin Prince stumbled across a whole lot of people running around naked on the beach, he apparently thought "what the hell', stripped naked and joined in.
Meanwhile in Rotorua quite a crowd has apparently been looking for a place to safely and comfortably socialise in the nude.
What do the lunar landings, the Kim Dotcom saga, flying saucers and UFO sightings, the Mt Tongariro eruption, the Holy Grail, the 9/11 attacks and the war on terror, the Urewera raids and the Mayan calendar have in common?
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