Arrests made after weapons found in car (NZPA)
Yahoo Xtra
Tue Dec 2 07:39:17 2008
Further gang violence in Taranaki was avoided yesterday after two Black Power members were stopped with a car full of weapons.

John Key looks at ways to help small businesses cope
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 05:00:14 2008
Prime Minister John Key says the Government is working on a plan to help small and medium businesses cope with the recession. Any further steps to relieve the strain of the economic downturn were likely to focus on small and medium...

Kids put champ in her (2nd) place ...
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 05:00:00 2008
It's called the Valoon and created by primary school pupils to propel a shotput further than Olympic gold medallist Valerie Vili. And yesterday the champion looked on as the awkward, helium-filled contraption designed by four students...