PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - April 6

WELLINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - Following are some of the lead stories from New Zealand metropolitan newspapers on Monday.

Stories may be taken from either the paper or Internet editions of the papers.

Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

DOMINION POST (www.stuff.co.nz)

Power prices could start to flatten out: Significant new power generation is being built and the supply may be running ahead of demand, suggesting wholesale electricity prices should start to flatten out after strong rises in recent years.

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Dividend possible in 2010: Pike River Coal (PRC.NZ) company shareholders may get a dividend in late 2010. That was one of the comments from a company roadshow touring the country in support of a $45 million rights issue.

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Boy racer laws on Cabinet agenda: Tougher boy-racer laws are likely to be on the Cabinet agenda today as new statistics show Canterbury can claim being the boy-racer capital of New Zealand.