1New Zealand Steel is cutting 400 jobs at its Glenbrook Mill in Waiuku. The company and unions say Government deregulation has been a major cause of the job losses, as steel can now be imported at around $100 per tonne less than it costs to produce in New Zealand..

2A police dog handler, investigating a burglary, discovered the body of a Maori man with a shot gun wound in his chest.

3The Maori Pa site at the base of Mount Eden is now able to be developed, without the archaeological survey the Historic Places Trust wanted.

4The Mount Maunganui Soccer Club is climbing the ranks and knocking out larger clubs in the competition.

5Mayor of Waitemata Tim Shadbolt, will join three other pilots in an attempt to break an aviation record in a single engine plane, hoping to circumnavigate both islands of New Zealand in less than 13 hrs 12 minutes.

6Police Five 1. Glen Innes detectives are investigating an attack on an 85 year old woman in her Mount Wellington home. -- 2. Residents and businesses in Orewa are being plagued by burglaries. One shop lost 10 waterbeds. -- 3. Police Five Deputies.