Friday's headlines: 40-tonne boulder turns into a political football; police have been ordered to review custody policy; quotes sought for quotes for strengthening Dunedin Courthouse.
NZ Herald
A large photo of the blaze on Great Barrier Island is featured on The New Zealand Herald, but the top story is that of Paige Lagahetau who died this week after falling off her bike. Paige, 13, was not wearing a helmet.
Child safety group Safekids is preparing to launch a campaign to reduce New Zealand's growing injury rate for children not wearing bike helmets.
Waikato Times
The front page of The Waikato Times is dominated by a court case over Jimbo, a rabbit killing dog.
After a two-year dispute that cost South Waikato ratepayers more than $76,000, a district court judge on Thursday ordered the staffordshire terrier be destroyed.
The judge also called Jimbo's owner "deluded", as he sent the dog to death row for attacking two rabbits and later viciously attacking another dog while in Tokoroa pound.
Dominion Post
The Dominion Post says police have been ordered to review their custody policy after a murder suspect died within hours of being freed from questioning in Wellington.
An Independent Police Conduct Authority report into police actions before the death of Timothy Parlane was completed last year, but its full findings remain secret after the authority decided not to publish them.
The Press covers the news that a product used to reduce pollution in waterways has been pulled off the market after traces of it were found in New Zealand milk.
While the Ministry for Primary Industries insists there are no food safety or health risks, the presence of dicyandiamide could have major implications for exporters.
And a 40-tonne boulder has been turned into a political football after it smashed into an unoccupied house in the Port Hills.
Earthquake Minister Gerry Brownlee said the rockfall, which may have been caused by recent dry weather, vindicates the Government's decision to take no risks when it came to red-zoning some Port Hill properties.
ODT
The Otago Daily Times says the Ministry of Justice has called in several engineering firms to provide it with options and quotes for strengthening Dunedin Courthouse, meaning a decision on its future is still months away.
A Dunedin man charged with attempting to murder a young woman last November has been convicted on three other charges related to the incident.