1Mangakino woman Lyn Philips, who suffered a knife attack in her home, is reluctant to let her daughters see her facial injuries.

2People are using large dogs as security guards, but without training they can be dangerous and have been attacking innocent people.

3A truck which plunged down a bank in Albany has been winched back onto the road.

4Former Race Relations Conciliator Hiwi Tauroa has gone back to his roots in the education sector and is now reviewing educational facilities. He is looking at the development of the Akoranga Campus on Auckland's North Shore.

5The New Zealand Forest Service is trying to educate people about producing their own firewood, by using a method called coppicing. Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management which exploits the capacity of many species of trees to put out new shoots from their stump or roots if cut down.

6A Warrant of Fitness for the body can now be obtained after a series of health checks. The checks are being carried out in shopping centres in Auckland.

7Auckland country rock band Gentle Annie has just returned from the United States with offers to perform in Los Angeles.