Top Stories for Thursday 8 September 2011

Report suggests heavy drug users still driving cars stoned; National Standards opponents give up; Minster for Education comments; Auckland prepares for influx of rugby fans for RWC opening; former safety manager tells of row over second mine exit; workplace deaths prompt calls for better safety regime; Principal reacts to ombudsman report on serious bullying; apology for Tuhoe, but not for the police raids accused; and RWC players have their boots seized upon arrival into NZ.