RSA bar manager describes 'culture of binge drinking'.
Anti-alcohol marches in Auckland; almost $70,000 worth of Whitireia student association assets missing;
RSA bar manager describes 'culture of binge drinking'.
The paper leads with Sunday's anti-alcohol marches in Auckland, focusing on the death of 22-year-old alcoholic Amy Rose Allen. Ms Allen's family says she was a victim of what they call this country's widely accepted binge drinking culture and they want to see change.
One of New Zealand's most notorious killers allegedly contacted a woman on the jury that found him guilty of kidnapping this month. The incident involving George Baker, who was already in jail for the murder of Liam Ashley, has led to calls for law changes to protect jurors.
Dominion Post
Almost $70,000 worth of Whitireia student association assets - including almost $30,000 of computer equipment - are missing. Police are already investigating after an audit confirmed money was drained from the Polytechnic's student funds last year.
A bar manager at the Foxton RSA has blown the whistle on what he says is a culture of binge drinking at the club, abuse of staff and pressure to keep serving drunk members. RSA duty manager Patrick Evans says a small number of club members regularly drove after drinking.
The Press
An internal Ministry of Education report shows half of Christchurch's state secondary schools to be bursting at the seams. Of the city's 28 secondary schools, the paper says 14, including four state-integrated schools, are oversubscribed.
Otago Daily Times
The Government is promising to assist in the restructuring of the beleaguered meat industry, should it be presented with a credible plan. The paper talks to the Agriculture Minister David Carter on his thoughts for the future of an industry that's said to be weighed down by excess processing capacity, low profitability and falling sheep numbers.
The police in Dunedin have awarded their dumb driver prize to a man who asked police to his missing car only to be charged with drink-driving.
