News, sport and weather.
Rioters are rampaging through the streets of Nuku'alofa in Tonga, calling for the fast tracking of democratic reforms. Mary Lyn Fonua (Matangitonga News).
Sports Minister Trevor Mallard has met Auckland City leaders as he pitches his idea of an Auckland Waterfront Stadium for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, but there seems to be more preference for Eden Park, or even North Harbour Stadium or Carlaw Park. Tony Reid (One News); Glenda Fryer (Auckland City Councillor); Neil Abel (Auckland City Councillor); Douglas Armstrong (Auckland City Councillor); Trevor Mallard (Rugby World Cup Minister); Christine Caughey (Auckland City Councillor).
Police searched 34 houses and arrested 50 people in Napier and Gisborne as part of an operation on organised crime groups that found firearms, tasers, drugs and a homemade nailbomb. Detective Sergeant Warren Murdoch (Hastings Police).
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has asked US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the APEC forum to visit New Zealand. Prime Minister Helen Clark is on her way to APEC after meeting with European leaders such as French President Jacque Chirac, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. Guyon Espiner (Political Editor); Winston Peters (Foreign Minister).
A New Zealand invention nicknamed Supernose may be able to detect illness and disease from a single breath. Professor Zoltan Endre (University of Otago); Dr Jenny Scotter (SYFT Technologies); Lorelei Mason (Health Correspondent).
Further news from the APEC Conference, currently attended by Foreign Minister Winston Peters with Prime Minister Helen Clark soon to arrive. Guyon Espiner (Political Editor).
Pacific nations like Kiribati are looking to New Zealand and Australia to help protect them from and deal with terrorism. Barbara Dreaver (Pacific Correspondent); Anote Tong (Kiribati President); Chuck Corbett (Fanning Island Resident.