1Six months after they disappeared, and despite their bodies still not having been found, police have charged a Paremoremo Prison inmate with the murder of Swedish tourists Urban Hoglin and Heidi Paakkonen. The charge against David Wayne Tamihere creates New Zealand legal history - the first time someone has been charged with murder when no bodies have been found.
- Start 00 : 00 : 34
- Finish 00 : 02 : 39
- Duration 02 : 05
Reporters
- Linda Bartley (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Detective Inspector John Hughes (Investigating Officer, New Zealand Police)
Locations
- Coromandel, New Zealand (Waikato)
2Escaped prison inmate Francis Shaw remains on the run tonight.
- Start 00 : 02 : 39
- Finish 00 : 04 : 18
- Duration 01 : 39
Reporters
- Craig McMurtrie (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
3After eleven days idle, New Zealand's four container ports could remain closed well into next week in protest at the Government's new Port Reform legislation.
- Start 00 : 04 : 18
- Finish 00 : 05 : 56
- Duration 01 : 38
Reporters
- Spiro Anastasiou (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Locations
- Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington)
- Timaru, New Zealand (Canterbury)
4Social workers say the fatal stabbing of a five year old West Auckland girl by her mentally ill mother highlights their concerns about the service they can offer, the training they receive and the resources they have available to them.
- Start 00 : 05 : 56
- Finish 00 : 07 : 51
- Duration 01 : 55
Reporters
- Maxine Clayton (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Liz Beddoe (Vice President, Social Workers' Association)
Locations
- Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
5A patient with a broken leg waited 15 hours at Middlemore Hospital last night, to be told that his operation was cancelled because there was no blood available. This is the latest example of increasing pressure on hospital resources and staff leading to delays in treatment.
- Start 00 : 07 : 51
- Finish 00 : 09 : 27
- Duration 01 : 36
Reporters
- Kim Webby (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Eric Bone (Patient)
- Dr Anne Simpson (Medical Superintendent, Middlemore Hospital)
- Margaret Bone (Patient's Wife)
Locations
- OTAHUHU, New Zealand (Auckland)
6Politicians are currently trying to sort out the latest hiccup with Tomorrow's Schools. Six Special Education schools have become 'lost in the system' and currently have no funding.
- Start 00 : 09 : 27
- Finish 00 : 10 : 51
- Duration 01 : 24
Reporters
- Wendy Dicker (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Joe Keown (Principal, Waimokoia Residential School)
Locations
- Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
7The Motor Vehicle Securities Register will be launched next month to help protect buyers against buying cars with finance still owing on them.
- Start 00 : 14 : 23
- Finish 00 : 15 : 46
- Duration 01 : 23
Reporters
- Ian Sinclair (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Margaret Shields (Minister of Consumer Affairs, Labour Party)
8There has been a significant increase in the number of Australian tourists visiting New Zealand. Many of these are using flights to and from New Zealand to get them between Australian cities, thus circumventing the domestic pilot's strike in Australia.
- Start 00 : 15 : 46
- Finish 00 : 17 : 12
- Duration 01 : 26
Reporters
- Allanah James (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Phillip Sims (Marketing Manager, Qantas)
- Prue Norling (Press Officer, Mount Cook Line)
9South Africa has released a number of its high profile political prisoners, but not Nelson Mandela.
- Start 00 : 17 : 26
- Finish 00 : 18 : 41
- Duration 01 : 15
Reporters
- Peter Hallwright (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Archbishop of Cape Town)
Associated
- African National Congress [ANC] (Organisation)
- Albertina Sisulu (Anti Apartheid Campaigner)
10The All Blacks have given ground in the row over payment for promotional work.
- Start 00 : 18 : 41
- Finish 00 : 20 : 16
- Duration 01 : 35
Reporters
- Ric Salizzo (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
11People in southern England are puzzled by the sudden increase in appearances of crop circles in their fields.
- Start 00 : 25 : 12
- Finish 00 : 27 : 12
- Duration 02 : 00
Reporters
- Peter van Sant (Reporter, CBS)
Speakers
- Colin Andrews (Engineer)
- Jim Pickford (Farmer)
- Pat Collins (Alleged UFO Witness)
Locations
- Aylesbury, United Kingdom (England)