1More than 40 protesters were arrested in the Coromandel this week in confrontations between pro and anti mining factions. In this interview both sides put their cases.
2There is a major fault at Auckland's International Telephone Exchange where most circuits have failed.
3The Rotorua Bore Users Association has applied to the High Court to reverse the Minister of Energy's decision to close all geothermal bores within 1.5 kilometres of the Pohutu Geyser.
4Northland officials are looking for ways to humanely reduce the number of wild horses in the Waipouri Forest.
5Teenager Philip Townsend breaks in horses, is sitting School Certificate and plays squash, all with an artificial leg. He lost the leg to bone cancer two years ago.
6Seventeen year old violinist Hai Won Kwok will play in the finals of the Young Musician of the Year contest tomorrow.
7Police Five 1. Otahuhu Police want to identify the man who assaulted and robbed an Auckland Regional Authority (ARA) bus driver on Friday night. -- 2. A bracelet, believed stolen in Auckland, has been recovered in Wanganui. -- 3. A bronze bust of a Maori Chief by sculptor Carol Swan was stolen from Pots of Ponsonby. -- 4. Police Five Deputies.