Friday's headlines: NZ diplomat in India apologises for ethnic slurs by TVNZ presenter; DoC director general Al Morrison says radical economic rethink is needed; fire foretold in dream.
The New Zealand Herald leads with the news that the identity of a super city candidate charged with forgery to influence the election remains secret, despite two judges saying there are no grounds for suppression.
Governor General Anand Satyand, his wife Lady Susan and Netball New Zealand's chief executive Raelen Castle, are pictured cheering as the Silver Ferns beat England at the Commmonwealth Games.
The Dominion Post leads with the story that New Zealand's top diplomat in India has apologised for ethnic slurs by TVNZ presenter Paul Henry after being summoned by the Indian government to please explain.
Greenpeace supporters smeared in molasses are pictured marching through Wellington with a message to the Government: "Don't Drill Our Seabeds."
The Press reports that DoC director general Al Morrison says New Zealanders are trashing nature and a radical economic rethink is needed to save "ourselves from ourselves."
Josh South of Temuka who was on Thursday night declared one of two kiwi battlers of the year, is pictured. He says losing a leg to cancer as a child has never stopped him enjoying life.
The Otago Daily Times reports on a $125 million project to develop the Five Mile retail and entertainment complex in Queenstown. And a dream foretold a fire which tore through the home of a Dunedin family.
