WATSON: A small hole in the corner of a plastic bag containing hair samples from alleged murder victim Olivia Hope could
not be explained by a forensic scientist in the High Court in Wellington yesterday.
SECRET REPORT: Officials would be questioned about how a classified report on Samoa’s assassination became public.
GUT BUG: Health authorities have stepped up their monitoring of the killer gut-bug Vtec to prepare for an epidemic.
FLARE: A cyclist who saw a live army flare on the roadside yesterday to tell police because he did not have a telephone.
ALLIANCE: The Alliance wants to siphon an extra $2.5 billion to fund its economic and social programme.
TVNZ: TVNZ will pay staff extra for working over New Year.
GOVT. AND BOATPEOPLE: Diplomats told the government that a boatload of illegal Chinese immigrants were not heading
toward NZ two days before legislation was introduced to put them in detention camps.
RASH SPENDING BAD LOOK: Public confidence in the state sector has been seriously undermined by recent instances of
unacceptable spending, State Services Minister Simon Upton said today.