Editor's desk: Week of August 21, 2006

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Friday August 25

The stats are in, and here's what was most popular on nzherald this week.
1. Thousands on Queen St for Boobs on Bikes
2. Tuheitia new Maori king
3. Lotto windfall stuns family
4. Dame Te Ata laid to rest
5. Man convicted of theft for internet use at work
- - - posted 12.27pm by Neil Sanderson


We're on the lookout for a multimedia producer to join us at nzherald. Check the job description (bottom of this page) for details.
- - - posted 12.20pm by Neil Sanderson

Thursday August 24

The lines are open.

Tell us whether you think

schools should be permitted to

include prayers in their teaching

activities or administer

corporal punishment

if parents approve.

- - - posted 10.42am by Neil Sanderson

Sometimes things just fall into place

- such as in our

report early this morning

[since updated] about a videotape showing kidnapped NZ cameraman Olaf Wigg and American journalist Steve Centanni. Although our evening staff usually finish at 1.30am, last night was different. Megan had asked to work a split shift, leaving for a couple of hours and then returning to finish up around 3.30am. As a result, she was on hand when news of the videotape came through from Gaza and she was able to get it on to the website right away.

It wasn't the first time for Megan to do come through for us in the middle of the night. Five years ago, she was on duty when the TV monitors above our newsdesk showed the first of the World Trade Center towers on fire and thus began our coverage of the Sept 11 terror attacks.

- - - posted 10.00am by Neil Sanderson

Wednesday August 23

We've started receiving entries

for the nzherald.co.nz

Auckland Architecture Week photo competition

, and you can see them

here

. First prize in the competition is a Panasonic digital camera valued at $999. Entries close Sept 7.

- - - posted 12.55pm by Neil Sanderson

Tuesday August 22

Our photographic coverage of Dame Te Ata's funeral

proved more popular than the words we published. The

picture galleries

were viewed more than 70,000 times yesterday and were still popular today.

We also received and published more than 150

tributes to Dame Te Ata

from nzherald readers.

- - - posted 11.20am by Neil Sanderson

Monday August 21

We'll continue accepting tributes

to Dame Te Atairangikaahu until 4pm today. To send yours, visit the

Tributes page

and click on the link at the bottom. Thanks to everyone who has already sent a message.

- - - posted 11.55am by Neil Sanderson

You could win a digital camera

or one of three runner-up prizes in the nzherald.co.nz Auckland Architecture Week

photo competition

. Entries close September 7 and photo entries will be displayed in our

Architecture Week feature

.

- - - posted 8.12am by Neil Sanderson