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An elderly man is dead and two others are injured following a stabbing rampage in Henderson today. Police gunned down the alleged offender after he approached them wielding a knife. Kate Rodger (TV3 Reporter - live from Henderson); Mark O'Connor (NZ Police); Sosefo Sime (Witness).
A Palmerston North man convicted of murdering a toddler has been jailed for 17 years. His mother is also currently in jail for a separate murder. Duncan Harvey (Defence Lawyer); Justice Warwick Gendall (Sentencing Judge); Michelle Ngaira (Victim's Grandmother).
A Child Youth and Family caregiver has been jailed for five years for sexually abusing children in his care.
Compulsory fees are part of a major upheaval in NZ kindergartens. Raewyn Orbell (Mother); Nicola Pegler (Mother); Jan Ballentyne (Central North Island Kindergarten Association); Zac Markham (Head Kindergarten Teacher); Peter Monteith (NZEI).
The Commonwealth Secretary General has criticised the PM for allegedly misinterpreting his comments and accusing him of putting trade ahead of democracy. Helen Clark (PM - Labour); Don McKinnon (Commonwealth Secretary General).
Winston Peters is challenging National MP Bob Clarkson in court today, claiming he overspent on electioneering in Tauranga.
The sister of a sex offender is calling for police protection following vigilante action against her home when neighbours discovered she planned to allow her brother to stay with her if he was to get probation. Marc Alexander (Former MP).
Four peace workers have been captured by Iraqi militants. Bill Graham (Canadian Defence Minister).
Tokelau will vote in February 2006 on whether to become self-governing. Faipule Pio Tuia (Tokelau Leader); Neil Walters (Tokelau Administrator).
Microsoft has translated its entire software package into Te Reo Maori. Haami Piripi (Maori Language Commission); Ross Peat (Microsoft NZ).