Tuesday's papers: contaminated water from landfill trucked to Christchurch for disposal; real estate auctions tipped to become more common in Queenstown; under-17 Women's World Cup tournament begins.
NZ Herald
The New Zealand Herald says the number of people owning their own homes is expected to rise as interest rates fall and borrowers enjoy savings of about $7000 a year on mortgages.
On the election trail: with 11 days to go, the paper's political editor says National is finally getting some attention, with a transitory assistance package for people who lose their jobs as as result of the prolonged recession.
In sport: there's a preview of the FIFA under-17 Women's World Cup tournament which begins on Tuesday night in Auckland when New Zealand meet Canada.
Dominion Post
The Dominion Post says a coroner's report has found that a woman who died during cancer surgery after being forgotten about for more than a year in a hospital system, could have beaten the disease if the blunder was not made.
A boy, aged five, was run over in a church courtyard on Monday by a car driven by a parishioner at the Samoan Assembly of God in Stokes Valley.
The Press
The Press says thousands of cubic metres of contaminated water from the Kate Valley landfill has been "quietly" trucked out of the North Canterbury site for disposal in Christchurch over the past three months.
National is pledging to spend nearly twice as much on infrastructure as Labour as an election bidding war over rescue packages for the economy escalates
ODT
The Otago Daily Times reports the Real Estate Institute says auctions may become more common in Queenstown because it is becoming more difficult to set prices for property.
More sick people are turning to Dunedin pharmacists for free consultations to save money.
And the small community of Tarras has been shocked by the death of former All Black Neil Purvis at Cluden Station in Central Otago. It's believed Mr Purvis, 55, was trying to help some cows which were stuck in a bog.
