Tuesday's headlines: Kindergarten teacher caught stealing food from children's lunchboxes; two Regent street businesses in central Christchurch have quit the area less than nine months after it reopened; sickness beneficiary was accidentially credited $170,000 by the BNZ.
NZ Herald
The New Zealand Herald leads with details of the death of Lance Scullin, 50. The Tauranga father of three was assaulted with a fence paling by up to eight youths after trying to break up a fight outside his home on Saturday. He was found dead in his backyard by neighbours on Sunday.
In other news: the paper has more on a push by Auckland Council to make the wearing of life-jackets on small boats compulsory, and the paper has details of a late night assault on a British professional cyclist visting New Zealand.
Waikato Times
The Waikato Times reports on a kindergarten teacher who was caught stealing food from children's lunchboxes. The paper says the case is one of more than a dozen involving serious misconduct at Waikato education providers in the past five years.
Two Waikato-based forestry contractors have been shut down by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment due to safety concerns.
Dominion Post
The Dominion Post says every solo parent could receive a home visit to make sure they are not committing benefit fraud as part of a planned clampdown on welfare cheats.
And the paper has a photograph of Denys Jeremy Douglas, 61, a Hastings sickness beneficiary who was accidentially credited $170,000 by the BNZ. The paper says he had withdrawn it all in less than a month and spent it on Holdens.
The Press
The Press leads with details of the High Court murder trial of Helen Milner. The prosecution on Monday outlined how Mrs Milner discussed hiring a hit man to kill her husband before poisoning him and trying to make his death look like suicide.
Meanwhile the paper reports on two Regent street businesses in central Christchurch that have quit the area less than nine months after it reopened, blaming a lack of foot traffic and road closures.
ODT
The Otago Daily Times says eight men living in the Wanaka area have been arrested for large-scale dealing of LSD and ecstasy.
A Dunedin family's year-long adventure living on an island in the middle of Otago harbour is coming to an end.
And several Black Caps players are pictured relaxing at the University Oval ahead of today's test against the West Indies.
