TV3 NATIONAL NEWS. 02/01/1991

A cold snap brings an abrupt end to the Christmas holiday.

A 69 year old died in Wellington after falling between his yacht and the wharf.

The holiday road toll stands at 20
Speaker: Phil Wright (Chief Traffic Officer)

An unidentified young woman’s body was found in the Whangaparoa peninsula today.

Wellington Police have charged a prison escaper of taking a women hostage and stabbing her boyfriend. A second man also escaped from the prison but was recaptured in Silverstream.
Speaker: Snr Sgt Ted Jordan (Upper Hutt Police)

In Auckland two men are on the loose after escaping from Paremoremo prison.

Part of a mountain in the East Cape, known as the resting place of Maui’s canoe, is to be made into a park with public access.

Staff at Wellington’s Park Royal Hotel were kept busy today after a pipe burst.

The annual spate of poppy thieving is happening again as the Opium poppy comes to fruit. Speaker: Glenn Walls (Householder)

Wellington beat Auckland in the final of the inter provincial softball series, winning the Winfield Cup.