Reports on the devastation in the Philippines from Typhoon Haiyan are carried by all the papers on Monday.
NZ Herald
The New Zealand Herald leads with an investigation into the property records of politicians. The paper says six Government MPs are using a loophole to own property which they have not declared but for which they still receive a taxpayer-funded accommodation allowance.
In other news: the paper reports on the devastation in the Philippines from Typhoon Haiyan, and also reveals Police Commissioner Peter Marshall personally phoned a man who had been criticising the police over the Roast Busters sex scandal.
Waikato Times
The Waikato Times has more on Typhoon Haiyan from one of the paper's reporters who is living in Manila. Jonathan Carson says winds of up to 236km per hour devastated entire cities and officials estimate the death toll could reach 10,000.
The paper features pictures from Sunday's annual Armistice Celebrations near Cambridge. Up to 8000 people flocked to the town to watch mock battles and learn more about the armistice signed between Germany and the Allied Powers to end World War One.
Dominion Post
The Dominion Post has a photograph of police at the scene of a suspected homicide in Miramar yesterday. Neighbours Sone Finai and Tulima Nonu told the paper they were having dinner when they heard ' screaming, yelling and commotion' coming from a house behind them in Brussels street.
In other news: Wellington resident Arla Fontamillas told the paper she has not heard from her grandmother, uncles or aunts since Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines.
The Press
The Press has a photo of residents standing on the ruins of their house in Tacloban city in the Philippines. The paper reports a cataclysmic picture is being painted of entire communities flattened by the storm.
The paper also features the story of a Christchurch woman whose son lives in Tacloban. Delia Richards said she has been lying awake with her phone in her hand for the past two nights waiting for him to call.
ODT
The Otago Daily Times leads with a picture of a man standing on top of debris as residents try and salvage belongings from the ruins of their houses in Tacloban.
High school teacher Andrew Pomeda told the paper ' the city is totally destroyed, and some people are losing their minds from hunger or from losing their families.'
