TV3 NEWS. 09/06/2004

Police in Fiji have raided what is believed to be the largest methamphetamine (and 'P') lab in the Southern Hemisphere.

The UN Security Council, the US, and the UK have agreed on a plan to return Iraq to democratic government. George W. Bush (US President); Tony Blair (British PM); voxpop (Iraqi citizens).

A parliamentary select committee has heard Green MP Sue Kedgley label a food safety report by the Food Safety Authority, the Total Diet Survey, as 'propaganda for pesticides'. Andrew McKenzie (NZ Food Safety Authority); Sue Kedgley (Green MP).

The Airways Corporation has released a recording of the final moments of the plane that crashed near Christchurch last year, killing the pilot and seven members of the Government agency Crop and Food Research. Peter Clark (aviation writer).

The new Maori Party today registered its name and logo with the Electoral Commission and declared it might be willing to work with Don Brash after the next election. Tariana Turia (Maori Party Co-leader); Peter Wakeman (Te Tai Hauauru by-election candidate).

The quango and kiwifruit marketing agency Zespri has announced its 6th consecutive record profit - $22.9 million for the year to March 2004.