Americas Cup x 2 - Fatal Fire Deliberately Lit - Influenza Shots - Space Sex - Maori Rugby Terminology - Inside
Political Headlines - Editorial: The Dollar Debate
AMERICAS CUP: The Dominion leads today with the headline - "Is Prada up to it? Second thumping raises doubts" - the
story reports that Italy's Luna Rossa endured a race from hell yesterday to go 2-0 down in the Americas Cup yacht series
with Team New Zealand's NZL60. A series of photos shows a crewman attempting to clear Prada's keel.
Also on the front page:
- AMERICAS CUP: a report that an Auckland woman has been charged with trying to steal a brand new $15 million
super-yacht from its berth at the Americas Cup village;
- FATAL FIRE DELIBERATELY LIT: a report that police told Wellington Coroner's Court yesterday that they believed a fire
that claimed the life of a 16-year-old autistic teenager in his home in Wellington had been lit deliberately;
- INFLUENZA SHOTS: a report that doctors in most parts of New Zealand are cancelling patients' appointments for
influenza vaccinations because national supplies have run out as a result of exceptional demand;
- SPACE SEX: a report that NASA astronauts have practised space sex to check which lovemaking positions are feasable
without the benefit of gravity, according to a book by a French science writer;
- MAORI RUGBY TERMINOLOGY: a report that All Black Jeff Wilson is a haika (fullback) who scores plenty of tarai (tries),
and occcasionally kicks a few hamene (penalties).
Inside Political Headlines:
- Greens opt to support ACC changes;
- Mallard puts For Sale sign on INCIS "dog";
- Public Health watchdog praised as it disbands;
- Clark hears Tuvalu migration plea;
- A fast one on speedsters;
- Parliament's workers polled on smoke-free zone;
- JANE CLIFTON PARLIAMENTARY SKETCH: A jackup of saintly proportions.
EDITORIAL - DOLLAR DEBATE: The dollar debate sparked by ACT's Richard Prebble is overdue.