1Stabbing A three year old girl is in hospital after being stabbed repeatedly in a family row this afternoon.

2Encouraging Tourists to Spend More The Government wants to encourage tourists to spend more money while they are in New Zealand and is working on ways to promote the country when the visitors get here.

3Tennis at Stanley Street The Stanley Street Tennis Centre has been upgraded before the season starts.

4Browns Bay Property Purchase The East Coast Bays City Council wants to raise $1 million to buy all the houses along the Browns Bay waterfront to retain as public space, but they are running into opposition.

5Poster Pasting The Auckland City Council is having a purge on poster pasting around the city's streets.

6Architecture Awards The Institute of Architects has compiled a list of Auckland's top ten buildings, among them a factory in West Auckland. They are judged for the qualities of being the best and most imaginative on constrained sites, constrained budgets, and for the purpose they were built for.

7Pool Fencing Pool fencing will be compulsory from next year.

8The Crickets Two of the original band The Crickets, who supported Buddy Holly, are in New Zealand for a series of concerts, 30 years after Buddy Holly died in a plane crash.