The "bulldozer wedding" that went viral has now created a social media buzz, again reassuring that no tradition can be too hallowed for a creative spin.

"It is using a bulldozer to crack a nut," Jack Heinemann, professor of genetics at the University of Canterbury, tells The Detail. Public submissions for the Gene Technology Bill closed this week.

Firefighters used a ladder to help one person from the roof of a car in waist-deep water and a bulldozer was used to navigate a flooded street and help people leave a home, according to the fire ...