Wednesday's papers: woman with terminal cancer pleads for her son's British wife to be allowed into New Zealand; NCEA to be overhauled to toughen achievement standards; big haul of 'P' ingredients in Dunedin.
ODT
The Otago Daily Times reports police and Customs have uncovered what's believed to be Dunedin's biggest haul of pseudoephedrine, a drug used to make methamphetamine or 'P'.
Five packages from China, which could produce about $450,000 worth of 'P' were intercepted. A man, 25, has been arrested.
[The Press
The Press reports a Christchurch woman with terminal cancer is pleading for her son's British wife, who had breast cancer four years ago, to be allowed into New Zealand. The woman says her daughter-in-law's application is in limbo because she is deemed to be high-risk and the dying woman wants her to be allowed residency so she can spend time with her family before she dies.
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) will be overhauled to toughen achievement standards. The paper says it's likely a significant number of unit standards could be scrapped.
Dominion Post
The Dominion Post features a picture of a man who stabbed himself outside court on Tuesday. The paper reports he had just been told he would be jailed for six months for viewing child pornography when he stabbed himself in the throat.
It says he had walked past metal detectors at Wellington District Court, which were not turned on, with a knife tucked in his sock.
There is also coverage of a pay equity protest held at Parliament.
NZ Herald
Top story in The New Zealand Herald is that Auckland women now have free access to a "gold standard" test that screens for signs of cervical cancer. The charge of $30 has been dropped in line with most other parts of the country.
American troops are pictured pulling out of towns and cities in Iraq more than six years after invasion.
