The collapse of the Canterbury Television Building in the earthquake last February dominates most of the morning papers on Friday.
NZ Herald
The headline in The New Zealand Herald reads 'They didn't need to die. Distraught families want police to find out who was responsible for the building which collapsed in the earthquake last February, killing 116 people.
The paper goes on to describe what it calls a 'damning' investigation by the Department of Building & Housing.
A new study shows that few New Zealand primary schools fully protect their pupils from the dangers of sun, despite childhood exposure being a major factor in skin cancer later in life.
Waikato Times
The Waikato Times reports a Chinese tourist is claiming police brutality after an incident that dislocated her elbow.
The fracas occured near a Hamilton supermarket in a dispute over a tow truck.
A block of land south of Hamilton nearly 3000 square km could be offered for commercial gas exploration.
Dominion Post
The Dominion Post reports that a specialist engineer and Government adviser says a known weakness in the CTV building was not checked by the owner's engineer after the September 2010 earthquake.
Relatives of those killed were briefed on Thursday on the report findings, with some saying they're not interested in blame, and others hoping it will give a sense of closure.
The Press
The Press devotes most of its front page to the CTV building report, with three critical factors in the collapse: intense horizontal ground shaking, brittle columns, and the asymmetrical layout of structural walls.
Concrete in the columns was also significantly weaker than expected.
But the company which designed the building says the investigation has been inadequate.
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has apologised for calling Mayor Bob Parker a clown, but says the real issue is how the council will meet its +$1 billion share of the earthquake rebuild.
ODT
The Otago Daily Times leads with a guilty plea from a man accused of murdering his wife in Roxburgh last year.
Warren Johnston, 67, has admitted killing his wife Lesley, after she left him for another man.
Dredging in the Cold Gold Clutha project, which has been in the pipeline since 2004, is finally about to begin.
