Tuesday's papers: Government wants to change the way money is spent by NZAid; children as young as four are trying alcohol and nine-year-olds are using cannabis; teenager plans to retract guilty plea in killing of Karen Aim.
NZ Herald
The New Zealand Herald says the Government plans to take more political control of a $480 million foreign aid programme and wants to change the way the money is spent.
The paper says Foreign Minister Murray McCully has ordered two reviews into NZAid.
A top Television New Zealand executive has been formally reprimanded for publicly insulting a reviewer who did not like the network's new show Go Girls.
Dominion Post
The Dominion Post says a teenager who admitted the murder of a visiting Scottish woman, Karen Aim, has hired a new lawyer and plans to retract his guilty plea.
The Government is under mounting political pressure to investigate why a top police officer refused to be breathtested.
Lyall Bay surf club member Cameron Turchie, 12, is being hailed a hero after saving a child from drowning 200 metres off Mt Maunganui on Sunday.
The Press
The Press says a new study reveals that children as young as four are trying alcohol and nine-year-olds are using cannabis.
Mascot Finance's 2500 investors - who are owed $70 million - will be the first to get the benefit of a taxpayer - backed deposit guarantee scheme after the failure of the company.
ODT
The Otago Daily Times says Hillside Engineering of Dunedin has won a $39.9 million Government contract to build 17 passenger carriages for TranzScenic rail routes. It is the second major contract for the company in less than a year.
