1Other news.
2A new survey shows that consumers across NZ are pessimistic.
3Olympic Games: Day Twelve: hockey loss; Romanian hammer-thrower in drugs scandal; Bulgarian drugs scandal; gymnast stripped of medal due to banned drugs in headache pills; hammer-thrower testing positve for drugs; thunderstorms .
4Georgina Beyer has become a media star during a trip to Britain.
5NZ troops shot and killed a militiaman near the border of East Timor; however the PM will still go ahead with her trip to East Timor.
6Violent anti-globilisation protests have taken place in Prague.
7Tension is growing in Yugoslavia afetr President Milocevic casued a run-off election against a party which claims it has already won the Presidency.
8A mother who let her infant som be beaten to death by her de facto partner has been jailed for seven years.
9Forecourt Fury Violence over petrol prices erupted at a North Shore petrol station last night.
10Other news.
11There has been confirmation that community organisations in Invercargill have found the money necessary to offer free eductaion at Southland Polytech.