Dealers holding soggy imports - Bride dies walking up the aisle - School glad HIV teacher named - Petrol firms scramble
to join 10c price chop - Food body leads push to zap herbs, spices - Power company switch not always a quick flick -
Court lifts gag on book about secret mission - Decision worse than novel's words for Whitehall - Police swoop on parrot
owners after quarantine breakout
DEALERS HOLDING SOGGY IMPORTS - Ten licensed car dealers are among 44 importers who have shipped flood-damaged vehicles
to New Zealand in the past two months.
BRIDE DIES WALKING UP THE AISLE - It was meant to be the most important day of Laney Whitchelo's life. But as the
23-year-old bride-to-be walked down the aisle on her wedding day, she collapsed and died before reaching the waiting
groom, Stephen Bull.
SCHOOL GLAD HIV TEACHER NAMED - The former head of religious studies at Auckland's Hato Petera College, Kaperiere Petera
Leef, has been named as the HIV-positive man charged with indecently assaulting male students.
PETROL FIRMS SCRAMBLE TO JOIN 10c PRICE CHOP - Petrol prices have tumbled by 10c a litre thanks to a firming New Zealand
dollar and falling international oil prices.
FOOD BODY LEADS PUSH TO ZAP HERBS, SPICES - All imported herbs and spices sold in New Zealand could soon be dosed with
radiation following moves to outlaw the alternative method of decontamination.
POWER COMPANY SWITCH NOT ALWAYS A QUICK FLICK - So you want to switch power companies? Power companies have admitted
this week that the change to an open market of competing power companies was too far, too fast, bringing stories of
wrong bills, delays and muddles.
COUTS LIFTS GAG ON BOOK ABOUT SECRET MISSION - A New Zealand soldier has beaten off a British Government attempt to gag
him in a case which will have far-reaching implications for secrecy contracts in the shadowy world of spies and special
forces.
DECISION WORSE THAN NOVEL'S WORDS FOR WHITEHALL - It was his day, but the former SAS commando "Mike Coburn" was not in
court to hear the news of his victory over Whitehall.
POLICE SWOOP ON PARROT OWNERS AFTER QUARANTINE BREAKOUT - Ten exotic parrots from a diseased consignment that
authorities allege was smuggled out of quarantine three years ago have been found at North Island properties.