TV3 NATIONAL NEWS. 22/06/1991

With 3 million dollars up for grabs in Lotto and a million dollar racing jack pot on offer punters spent heavily. 7 million was spent on lotto alone.
Speaker: Vicki Emery, (TAB)

An RNZAF Orion carried out a search this afternoon about half way between Fiji and Cape Reinga, after two Air NZ airliners picked up signals from an emergency beacon near Conway Reef.

A new war on airfares is expected to see record numbers of people travelling.
Speaker: Jeff Sole, (Travel Agent).

Three men are lucky to be alive tonight after a car smashed into a power pole in Christchurch this afternoon.

A fire broke out in the sugar refining factory in Auckland this morning. The fire was confined to the transport elevator and damage was minimal. The plant will be working normally next week.

Prison guards at Paremoremo Prison foiled an attempted escape over night. Bars in a cell window were found to be partially sawn through.

A head on collision in Otane killed two young men last night. Their names are yet to be released.

Some of the coldest temperatures on record were felt around the country overnight.
Heavy snow falls on Mt Ruapehu enabled the opening of Turoa ski field.
Speaker: Nancy Van Der Laan, (Marketing Manager of Turoa Ski Field).