Government's planned changes to the Holidays Act; John Key's national bike track could be 'paved with gold'; Rotorua grandmother becomes the oldest person to swim Cook Strait.
NZ Herald
The New Zealand Herald says the Government will let employers offer staff a cash payment to replace the fourth week of their annual holidays, reversing a crucial element of the previous Government's Holidays Act.
Under a headline saying John Key's national bike track could be 'paved with gold', the paper says fewer than two of every 100 visitors to New Zealand might use the Prime Minister's proposed national cycleway - but the ones that do are likely to be among tourism's bigger spenders.
Stacey Jones has made a dramatic return to top level rugby league, helping craft a last-minute victory for the Warriors against champions Manly in Sydney.
Dominion Post
The paper reports that the parents of a young man who died during a bungled rescue at sea want an inquiry into revelations that the head of Maritime New Zealand tried to restrict an investigation.
Five hundred workers are poised to vote on whether to move to a nine-day fortnight to stave off job losses.
And a 55-year-old grandmother from Rotorua has become the oldest person to swim Cook Strait.
The Press
The paper says dangerous fugitive William Stewart's desire for P appears to be helping police track him. He eluded police for a fifth time during the weekend, but immediately popped back up on the radar when he offered two people a lift in his stolen car and asked them to get him the drug P.
And The Press reports Prime Minister John Key says only "one or two" companies have signed up for the nine-day fortnight so far. The revelation comes as two South Island polytechnics offer free or discounted training to people signing up for the scheme.
Otago Daily Times
The ODT leads with the Government's planned changes to the Holidays Act. It says unions are concerned that the move - part of the National Party's election policy - marks the beginning of a return to a standard three-week entitlement across the board.
