1Playground Equipment Volunteer organisations which provide schools with adventure playground equipment are being asked to make it safer, at high cost.

2Huntly Attack Police are looking for a man who attacked and raped a disabled woman in her Huntly home.

3Carpentry Apprentices There are only two women carpentry apprentices working in Auckland. There are another eight on an all female Labour Department scheme but it is only three months long.

4Processed Food A visiting expert says processed foods are a health hazard.

5Kumara Festival Dargaville has just held the world's first kumara festival.