3. Route K tolls decision pushed back
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has fended off a gathering storm that the Government intended to cement in place the continuation of tolls on Route K prior to the election.
4. Maori blessing causes upset
A Maori blessing of workers laying the Southern Pipeline along Matapihi Peninsula has drawn flak from respected kaumatua and former school principal Charlie Timutimu.
5. Cold-case mystery revisited
A 49-year-old cold case involving the disappearance of a young baker - whose van was later found in Mount Maunganui - will be revisited in a coronial inquest this week.