1Athletic officials have refused to ratify distance runner Anne Audain's Commonwealth record run at Mount Smart Stadium. This is on the grounds that a new rule says there must be three starters in a race before a record can be ratified and there were only two.

2Police are out to stop vandals throwing rocks at trains passing the Waikato town of Ngaruawhaia. Passengers have been injured.

3Nine year old Tauranga boy Torran Kendal, who was severely injured seven years ago when a log fell on his parent's car, needs an operation in Australia. After not being able to get help from the health authorities, who have all passed the buck, a service club called the Kiwani's are raising the money.

4Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicle drivers and gas households in Auckland will get a more efficient fuel soon.

5Fisherman Dr Mark Feldman now holds twenty world records for fish caught in Northland waters. His expertise is landing smaller species on ultra light lines.