1A new round of price cuts has begun, with Air New Zealand announcing that weekend Auckland to Sydney flights will be cut by 50% during November. Some return fares to Perth are also being reduced. it is expected that other airlines will soon follow suit.

2Mount Cook Airlines is meeting growing opposition in its bid to start a direct Auckland to Queenstown flight on Jetlink, using chartered Boeing 737 aircraft. Locals are concerned at potential noise levels.

3A ten-year old Tauranga boy is being hailed a hero after he ran several hours through steep dense bush to get help and then led rescuers to his badly injured father deep in the Coromandel Forest.

4Ten Boy Scouts and their leader have been lifted out of the Silver Peaks area by helicopter.

5The New Zealand Navy fisheries patrol boat HMNZS Hawea today rescued six people from a catamaran in trouble off the coast of Warkworth.

6British newspapers are reporting that the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party (and best-selling author), Jeffrey Archer has resigned after it was revealed that he paid a prostitute to leave the United Kingdom in order to avoid a scandal.