COOK: In parliament, New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has tabled documents he claims will reveal corrupt dealings involving the Cook Islands government and certain, un-named New Zealand businessmen.
PETITION: Moves are underway to cut back the number of MPs in a MMP parliamen Anastasia Harallambi
FERRIES HEAD: There are predictions of a stormy period ahead for the Cook Strait Interislander line as the ferries owners, New Zealand Rail tries to pu in place new conditions for their crews. Janice Aplin
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CHILD SEX/O'GRADY: Justice Minister Doug Graham was indicated that if remaini obstacles can be overcome, the Government'll try to introduce laws this Year aimed at prosecuting New Zealanders who have sex with children overseas. Ron Grady - international coordinator ECPAT
CHILD SEX/CUTHBERT: While the will to pass such a law is obviously there, the are complex legal and even constitutional difficulties in the was...David Cuthbert - Council of Civil Liberties
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MIDDLE EAST: Israeli Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin has arrived in Washington amid efforts in the American capital and elsewhere to get stalled Arab-Israel peace talks moving again in the wake of the Hebron massacre. Martin Gibson i/Zachery Lockman
PATSY HEAD: The speaker of the House Peter Tapsell has declared war on patsy questions. He says he'll be doing what he can to discourage them. Bronwen Evans i/v Bill English - undersecretary for health
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PRESS FREEDOM: A United States press watchdog group says President Clinton is shaping up to have a poorer record on freedon of information issues than the preceding republican administration. Jan Kirtley - executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedon of the Press.
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