All the main daily newspapers lead on the new National-led government.
The New Zealand Herald says Prime Minister-in-waiting John Key will unveil his Cabinet on Monday after a fast-track Government formation.
It also reports that internet service provider Orcon has topped a nationwide broadband speed survey.
And there's front-page coverage of the final of Sunday's FIFA under 17 womens world cup, which finished with the United States players in tears, but North Korea celebrating after their 2-1 win.
The Dominion Post says John Key telephoned Governor-General Anand Satyanand to confirm that he had the numbers to govern.
The family of a Carterton teenager shot dead by his best friend during a hunting trip at the weekend say they do not blame the boy and hope he is not punished.
The Press says the controversial Emissions Trading Scheme will be placed on hold and public access to the foreshore and seabed reviewed under concessions gained by minor parties supporting the new National government.
And it also reports that primary-school children left alone at a school gate are playing chicken with cars on a busy Christchurch road.
The weekend's soaring temperatures have left much of Canterbury tinder-dry, with the Fire Service listing most of the region as either at "very high" or "extreme" fire risk.
And the Otago Daily Times features a possible cabinet lineup ... Simon Power is expected to get Justice and Commerce, Anne Tolley Education, Tony Ryall Health, Chris Finlayson to be Attorney-general, Murray McCully Foreign Affairs, Tim Groser Trade and National's longest-serving MP, Lockwood Smith, is expected to become Speaker.
