1Retailers in two Auckland shopping centres, Browns Bay and Onehunga will stay open until midnight tonight despite the Shop Trading Act saying the shops must close between 9 pm and 7 am. This is so shoppers can beat the new Goods and Services Tax (GST).
- Start 00 : 00 : 18
- Finish 00 : 02 : 30
- Duration 02 : 12
Reporters
- Christine Thomas (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- David Kemp (Store Manager)
- John Rowe (Spokesman, Browns Bay Business Association)
- Christine Webb (Store Manageress)
Locations
- Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
2Police have arrested a third man for the murder of Andrew Grieg, who was stabbed after a party in Freemans Bay.
- Start 00 : 02 : 30
- Finish 00 : 02 : 43
- Duration 00 : 13
Locations
- Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
3Police are making inquiries in Dargaville over the murder of Hamilton man Brian Watts.
- Start 00 : 02 : 43
- Finish 00 : 03 : 06
- Duration 00 : 23
Locations
- Dargaville, New Zealand (Northland)
4The Health Department is to tackle the problem of head-lice, or nits.
- Start 00 : 03 : 06
- Finish 00 : 05 : 55
- Duration 02 : 49
Reporters
- Caroline Weston (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Mabel Yarrell (Senior Health Education Officer, Department of Health)
- Anne Foley (Supervision Public Health Nurse)
Locations
- Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington)
5Takapuna Mayor, Fred Thomas is retiring, and two groups are now competing for control on the Council.
- Start 00 : 05 : 55
- Finish 00 : 10 : 16
- Duration 04 : 21
Reporters
- Ainslie Talbot (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Barbara Durbin (Takapuna Mayoral Candidate, Independent Ratepayers)
- Wyn Hoadley (Takapuna Mayoral Candidate, Residents and Ratepayers)
- Theresa Weir (Glenfield Ward Candidate, Residents and Ratepayers)
Locations
- Takapuna, New Zealand (Auckland)
6In Taumaranui changes to the railways means that half of the railway workers there could lose their jobs.
- Start 00 : 10 : 16
- Finish 00 : 12 : 15
- Duration 01 : 59
Reporters
- Glenn Carley (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Michael Nagle (Branch Secretary, National Union of Railwaymen [NUR])
- Phillip Rangi (Relief Worker)
Locations
- Taumarunui, New Zealand (Manawatu-Wanganui)
7Hastings has had a festival of modern aeroplanes
- Start 00 : 12 : 15
- Finish 00 : 12 : 38
- Duration 00 : 23
8Charlotte Grant, a heart and lung transplant recipient, has her sixth birthday tomorrow at Harefield Hospital in England.
- Start 00 : 12 : 38
- Finish 00 : 15 : 38
- Duration 03 : 00
Reporters
- Margot McRae (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Barry Grant (Charlotte's Father)
Locations
- Harefield, United Kingdom (England)
- Wellsford, New Zealand (Auckland)