1Britain has warned NZ tourists to stay away from their rural areas as the foot and mouth crisis deepens, closing many tourist attractions.
2Just a day after DEKA announced it will quit the NZ market, K-Mart has announced it may follow suit. Impact on small towns in NZ.
3Fiji will hold general elections in August.
4Legal experts say judges have no option but to toughen up on criminals in the light of the harsh new penalties proposed by the Government yesterday.
5Other news.
6PM Helen Clark and colleagues have been on a fact finding visit to the East Coast to guage the needs of the region.
7Other news.
8Exotic African hardwood is being ripped down from the Beehive walls but it has emerged that the Government had early warning about the timber, but did not act until the Opposition went public with the issue.
9Construction on Auckland's Britomart Transport Centre will begin in August.