Four police officers have been injured by demonstrations of tasers, and critics are saying that it shows how dangerous the use of tasers is. Simon Bradwell (One News); Hone Harawira (Maori Party MP); Marie Dyhrberg (Campaign Against The Taser); Superintendent John Rivers (Police HQ).
Breaking News Sports Minister Trevor Mallard has said the Government may consider building a world class stadium on Auckland's Waterfront for use at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
The Radiographers Strike is 12 hours old, with no major disruptions reported. Vicki Wilkinson-Baker (One News); Dwayne Crombie (DHB Spokesman); Tony Ryall (National Health Spokesman); Pete Hodgson (Health Minister); Dr Simon Wynn Thomas (Bealey Ave Clinic).
New Zealanders have performed an impromptu haka in New York during commemorations of the fifth anniversary of the September 11 Terrorist attacks. Tim Wilson (New York Correspondent); Michael Bloomberg (New York Mayor); Tony Feasey (Senior Constable); Rudy Giuliani (Ex-New York Mayor); Dominic Kearns (Chicago Police).
al Qaeda leaders have used the 9/11 anniversary to threaten Israel and other Arab states that they are next. US President George W. Bush has said that Osama Bin Laden will be found, and said that the War On Terror is only in its earliest hours. George W. Bush (US President).
Mourners have been filing through the Auckland residence of the King of Tonga to pay their respects to the recently deceased Monarch. Tini Molyneux (One News); Koro Wetere (Kiingitanga Supporter); Tukoroirangi Morgan (Tainui); Anote Tong (President, Kiribati); Keith Locke (Green Party).
There is still no end in sight to the stand off between locked out distribution workers and Progressive Enterprises after three weeks. Donna-Marie Lever (One News); Marty Hamnett (Progressive Enterprises); Laila Harre (National Distribution Union).
Labour has said there is no way that they will pay back $800,000 of taxpayer money used to fund the previous election campaign, saying that the Auditor General got it wrong when he found money had been spent improperly. There was two different instances of a minutes' silence in Parliament to mark the death of the Tongan King and the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and Parliament in general was quieter than last week after complaints over the rowdy behaviour of politicians. Francesca Mold (Deputy Political Editor); Helen Clark (Prime Minister); Michael Cullen (Finance Minister); Don Brash (National Party Leader).
The New Zealand Immigration Service is redfaced over some Somali Passports purchased from a South African company in order to deport Asylum Seekers. The passports are, according to the Immigration Service's own rules, invalid. Ali Ikram (One News); Neville Kay (Refugee Advocate).
Otago University Students are reacting angrily to a plan to crack down on unruly behaviour even if it is off campus and the police are already involved. Paul Chong (Otago University Student President).