During a hui today, Maori activist Pita Sharples accused the Mongrel Mob of making and distributing the drug P. Pita Sharples (Maori Party co-leader and anti-P campaigner); Nick Tu (Gisbourne Mongrel Mob President); Javelin Ngaronoa (P victim); Claude Kahika (Hastings Mongrel Mob President); George Rogue (Wellington Mongrel Mob).
The Pacific Island state of Tuvalu is appealing for international help to evacuate its people from neighbouring Nauru, claiming hundreds of Tuvaluans working in phosphate mines there are being kept as virtual slaves. Saufatu Sopoanga (Prime Minister of Tuvalu); Stelia Gibbs (Tuvaluan resident in NZ).
Boxer Soulan Pownceby today took part in a tournament in his hometown of Christchurch, attempting to put behind him the controversy surrounding his selection for the Olympic Games team. Soulan Pownceby (Olympic boxer); Phil Shatford (coach); Jenny Mitchell (Canterbury Boxing Assoc).
A terror group some believe was behind the Madrid train bombings has issued a warning to European nations to pull their troops out of Iraq or 'face the consequences'. Jacques Chirac (French President).
Indonesians go to the polls on Monday to directly elect their President for the first time. Tim Palmer (ABC Correspondent).
Energy company Trustpower has applied for resource consent for a planned hydroelectric water-diversion project on the Wairau River in the upper South Island. Some local residents, anglers, and business-owners are opposed. Robin Blackmore (local angler); Peter Wilhelmus (Ormond Aquaculture Ltd); Tony Smale (Marlborough Regional Development Trust); Graeme Purches (Trustpower).
A new survey suggests many workers are prepared to 'bend the rules' on workplace ethics despite saying they do not approve of such behaviour. voxpop (various workers); Wendy Hewson (Kelly Services).