In a bizarre holdup at a dairy in Avondale, a suburb of Auckland, police shot and wounded a woman who had been holding a large carving knife to the throat of the terrified shop owner for over an hour. Two shots were fired, which hit the woman in the arm and shoulder. She is in a serious condition in hospital. The shaken owner was otherwise unharmed. The motive for the incident is unclear, but reports say that during the time between her confrontation of the owner, and her being shot, the woman was drinking from a beer bottle, smoking, and smiling at passers-by.
Activists object to the society's support for animal-based funding.
Paint was sprayed over the buildings. You don't need to meet many terminally ill patients to realise what a dreadful thing cancer is, and for my part, I would rather sacrifice a million laboratory rats than one human life. The Human Rights Commissioner has declared that some of the policies of the Christian Coalition are illegal in terms of present law. The party has promised various benefits to a legally married spouse who remains at home to mind children while the partner works. The commissioner says such a policy would breach the Human Rights Act.