1United States warships are escorting a convoy of Kuwaiti tankers carrying gas and oil back out into the Persian Gulf.
2Despite tensions in the Persian Gulf, world oil prices have remained static, and in some cases, even dropped over the past month. This has dashed any hopes of any New Zealand energy projects making a profit in the near future.
3Police are investigating a fatal shooting in Masterton last night.
4Differences between the United States and New Zealand over defence have not prevented Air New Zealand winning a multi-million contract to perform maintenance work on American aircraft flying to the Antarctic as part of Operation Deep Freeze.