Thousands of primary school teachers throughout New Zealand took to the street today to demand pay parity with secondary school colleagues/RACHEL GILMOUR
While primary teachers took to the streets today, Prime Minister Jim Bolger dragged the secondary teachers into the dispute signalling that an end to the argument now lay in their hands/MARY WILSON
KAREN FISHER on above/LIVE I-V
The president of the Post Primary Teachers Association, Roger Tobin on [illegible]/LIVE I-V
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Fast-ferry Sea Shuttle closes down its Cook Strait service/PAULA PENFOLD LIVE
Prime Minister of Cook Islands, Sir Geoffrey Henry, speaks for the first time since his country was rocked by another financial scandal/BRONWEN EVANS
A spirit of compromise rather than confrontation was the order of the day at the government's sixth fiscal envelope hui outside Wanganui today/MARK TULLY
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[illegible] NZ Gov Gen Sir Paul Reeves is to take up a new job heading a team reviewing the Fijian constitution, amid hopes that review process will lead to something more equitable/JONATHAN SCHWASS
The controversial medical disciplinary hearing involving Dunedin Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon Tony Guy came under the scrutiny of a parliamentary select committee today/MARIE HOSKING
The idea of giving beneficiaries food vouchers instead of cash has been on political agenda.. issue raised by chief government whip John Carter, but Gresham and Bolger disagree/LINDA ROSE
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