1A beer drinker who found a garden slug festering in his bottle of Lion Red maintains his treatment by Lion Nathan since the incident has not been fair, so he is taking the corporate giant to court.

2The Conservation Minister has vetoed proposals for the contorversial $10 million Whangamata marina project despite the Environment Court giving it the go-ahead.

3In Australia, the warm weather is bringing snakes into the suburbs.

4The Queensland Reds are blaming their Super 14 loss against Waikato last weekend on Hamilton being "too boring". Mark appeals for people to send in lists of exciting things to do in Hamilton.