Winz In the Koru Club – Top Cop – Beyer Crashes – Women’s Map Reading – People’s Bank – Mark Todd – Inside Political
Headlines – Editorial: Korea
WINZ IN THE KORU CLUB: The Dominion leads today with a report that the Department of Work and Income pays for 122 of its
staff to have Air New Zealand’s upmarket Koru Club memberships.
TOP COP: The front-page photo shows deputy police commissioner Rob Robinson who was formally appointed NZ’s top police
officer yesterday.
Also on the front page:
- BEYER CRASHES: a report that Wairarapa MP Georgina Beyer is booking a defensive driving course after she crashed her
car on a rural Wairarapa road;
- WOMEN’S MAP READING: a report that there is new hope for couples who save their worst arguments for the car – women
get better at reading maps after menopause;
- PEOPLE’S BANK: a report that the proposed state-owned “People’s Bank” clered its first hurdle at a Cabinet meeting
yesterday;
- MARK TODD: a report that the Olympic future of double equestrian gold medallist Mark Todd was in the balance last
night as sporting authorities awaited a clear response to charges of illegal drug taking.
Inside Political Headlines:
- Air-strike wing, navy “not pressing priorities”;
- Sutton criticises US before leaving for Washington;
- School zoning bill meets opposition;
- Schools, childcare centres to be reviewed more often;
- Amnesty not on, says Dalziel;
- Fiji swim team given visas as individuals;
EDITORIAL – KOREA: A momentous break-through in one of the most hostile and recalcitrant relationships anywhere on
Earth.