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STUDENT LOANS: NZ First leader Winston Peters has promised to cut the interest rate on student loans if elected. The rate would by 2% above inflation - at present this would mean around 4% compared to the actual rate of 7%.
SAMOAN ASSASSINATION: Samoan Police have launched an investigation into the assassination of the Minister of Public Works.
JFK JUNIOR: More debris has been found from JFK Junior's missing plane. The plane went missing 24 hours ago off the coast of the US.
RALLY OF NZ: Tommy Makinen has
unofficially won the Rally of New Zealand. Possum Borne
finished in fifth
place.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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