"It was goodbye to views and gardens and hello to block walls, cheap roofing materials and views of them eating dinner at their dining table, through the high windows."
2. Mona Dotcom breaks her silence
Mona Dotcom. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Mona Dotcom says she cried so hard after leaving Kim Dotcom she vomited.
The estranged wife of internet tycoon Kim Dotcom has broken her silence about their separation in an "explosive tell-all" interview with a New Zealand women's magazine.
The stunning Filipina ex-model and mother of five spoke to Woman's Day about the relationship breakdown, saying when she left Dotcom she was "crying so hard I was sick".
3. Man crushed between two trucks dies
The scene of the accident this morning. Photo / Dan Hines
A man has died after being crushed between two trucks in Henderson this morning.
Emergency services were called to the industrial premises in Paramount drive at about 5.20am, however they were unable to free the man in time and he died at the scene.
4. Dentist sues airline
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After two years without a holiday and a lifetime of longing to see the architectural treasures of Granada, Edward Gamson felt he could at last relax as he sat back on a British Airways flight en route to the capital of Moorish Spain.
It was only when the American dentist and his partner glanced at the electronic map on the in-flight entertainment system and noticed their plane was heading due west out of London that they became concerned something was not right.
Some nine hours later, the pair found themselves not among the arabesques of the Alhambra Palace but a full 4,000 miles from their intended destination, on the Caribbean holiday island of Grenada.
The mix-up initially resulted in apologies from BA staff on board the flight, and a promise that the couple would be put on the plane's return trip to Gatwick en route to Granada. Instead, they were subjected to a further three-day ordeal which resulted in them never reaching Spain, and a refusal by BA to reimburse their £2,650 first-class tickets, and which is now the subject of a damages claim before the US courts.
5. Minister defends Team NZ boss' $2m salary
If Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton wasn't getting paid his $2 million salary, the country would face another Russell Coutts scenario, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says.
On Saturday it was revealed that Dalton received a salary of $2 million last year. The revelation came days after Dalton said funding for the team could run dry by the end of the month.
Director Sir Stephen Tindall has since confirmed they will make it to at least January
- nzherald.co.nz, NZ Herald, APNZ, UK Independent