Tuesday's headlines: Killer of 'Good Samaritan' previously killed a woman in Australia; Westpac teller mistakenly doubled customer's life savings; So You Think the favourite to win the 150th Melbourne Cup.
NZ Herald
The New Zealand Herald reports the man who murdered 'Good Samaritan' Austin Hemmings in central Auckland spent eight years in an Australian prison for stabbing and killing his estranged girlfriend. Pauesi Leofa Brown pleaded guilty on Monday to murder and assault.
Mr Hemmings' brother Craig told the paper he thought a man with Brown's convictions should not have been on the streets.
Under the headline 'Woops - Westpac does it again', the paper explains how an Auckland man on Monday discovered a bank teller had mistakenly doubled his life savings.
Dominion Post
The Dominion Post tells how prisoners were reduced to tears after a Christian worker devoted to turning their lives around, died outside his home in Upper Hutt. Patrick Lewis was assaulted on Sunday night and died soon after. Mr Lewis had run a faith-based unit at Rimutaka Prison.
The paper also reports MPs are planning to change the rules around their $24,000 p/a accommodation allowance to make it easier for those who make Wellington their home, to still be counted as out-of-towners.
The Press
The Press leads with the story of a Christchurch woman who is questioning the validity of her marriage after the man who oversaw the ceremony was convicted of falsely marrying another couple.
A funeral director was convicted of falsely passing himself off as a marriage celebrant during a 2006 wedding. Sue Doig says she and her husband are considering getting a Family Court ruling to see if their marriage was legitimate.
A Kiwi-bred horse, So You Think, is the hot favourite to win the 150th Melbourne Cup.
ODT
The Otago Daily Times reports the cruise-ship industry is expected to create almost 200 extra jobs for Dunedin by next season - but future growth could be curtailed unless the industry is better catered for.
The paper also features the reminiscences of a Mosgiel woman, Marjorie Brown, about the day almost 60 years ago when her horse, Reformed, ran third in the Melbourne Cup.
