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New fuel efficiency ratings labels for new and used cars will change the way that people not only buy, but also sell cars in New Zealand. Jeanette Fitzsimons (Energy Efficiency Spokesperson); Stella Stocks (New Zealand Automobile Association); Ingrid Leary (3 News).
Wellington City Council will vote soon on whether to extend a liquor ban on Cuba Street to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Oliver Labone (CD & DVD Store Manager).
A date for Democratic Elections in Fiji is still not clear, even after a meeting of Pacific leaders including Foreign Minister Winston Peters and the Australian Foreign Minister grilled a top Fijian military leader over the date. Sia Aston (3 News); Stephen Smith (Australian Foreign Affairs Minister); Winston Peters (Foreign Affairs Minister); Santa Maharaj (Fiji Human Rights Group NZ).
Finance Minister Michael Cullen has said that National will likely offer larger tax cuts than him, but doing so would risk damaging the economy. Michael Cullen (Finance Minister); Bill English (National Party Deputy Leader); Duncan Garner (Political Editor).
US Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton has admitted exaggerating claims about a 1996 visit to Bosnia that did not match up with video footage of the trip. Hillary Clinton (Democratic Presidential Candidate).
It appears that Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is using the names of dead Zimbabweans to vote for him in the upcoming election. John Lardner-Burke (Son of Deceased Voter); Morgan Tsvangirai (Opposition Leader).
The Government is to provide money to clean up Okawa Bay in Rotorua. Helen Clark (Prime Minister); Kevin Winters (Rotorua Mayor.