Inspite of the US imposing tariffs on our lambs the Federated Farmers still want President Clinton here for APEC. Labour says President Clinton should stay away from the conference in light of the decision. But Federated Farmers says it appreciates Labour’s support but it still wants President Clinton here. Farmers want to show him the error of his ways.

The hunt continues for two dangerous dogs still on the loose in Hamilton after turning on members of the public and killing seven sheep in the area. Dog control officers are appealing to the public to keep an eye out for a PitBull cross and a Staffordshire cross. One of the dogs was shot at and possibly wounded but they are both considered extremely dangerous. The dogs had earlier turned on members of the public and dog officers attending the sheep killing incident.

Lion Breweries says it will be more careful in future about who it sponsors, after an embarrassing end to a Christchurch competition. A competition called How Far Will You Go? ended with a man stapling and setting fire to his penis. For his efforts he won $500 cash and a $500 bar tab. Lion Breweries says it had no idea the competition would go so far.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>