Otago Daily Times: National News

A body has been recovered from the Waikato River this morning.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has told an inner circle of friends and advisers he plans to seek re-election next year.

A number of Maori skulls in a macabre collection of almost 800 human skulls in Sweden are expected to be returned to Te Papa Museum in Wellington this year.

Six-year-old Destiny can't walk without a frame because of domestic violence meted out to her birth mother and now she needs a costly spinal operation in the United States.

Ten helicopters will this morning battle a massive scrub fire near Arthur's Pass.

A survey of Department of Conservation staff has found the overwhelming majority believe the department is now less efficient than before it was restructured.