1Residents in the north of the Coromandel Peninsula have been outraged by a tide of dead fish washing up on their beaches last night. They suspect the 15,000 snapper were dumped by fishermen in the Hauraki Gulf.
2One man has died and another is in hospital following a stabbing incident in Cathedral Square in Christchurch.
3Whangarei police are investigating three deaths in the past 48 hours. In each case, the victim was found inside a car, having apparently died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
4There has been yet another suspicious fire in the arson-plagued town of Ruatoria.
5An investigation is under way in Thailand into an incident which saw six unmanned railway locomotives raced into the centre of Bangkok at sixty kilometres an hour, before crashing off the rails and killing at least five people.
6Both Auckland and Wellington launched the Christmas season in style today with colourful Santa parades through each city.