Many thanks to Sherri for this transcript

New Zealand Herald

HEADLINE:   "Lucy says 'I do' to $4m home switch"

PICTURE:  Lucy and Rob -- old pic
CAPTION:  "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED:  Newlyweds Rob Tappert and Lucy 
Lawless."  (NOTE:  they mispelled Tapert, not me :) )

ARTICLE:

Being a Warrior Princess may be cold, hard work in the winter (think 
breastplates), but it does have its advantages - such as great big piles 
of lovely lolly.

And while it's not true that the Xena star, the lovely Lucy Lawless, 
forked out for round-trip tickets for crew members invited to her LA 
wedding to producer Rob Tappert, it is true she's got digs to the tune 
of more than $4 million (the 1997 Government valuation) for a Doug Myers 
cast-off in Mission Bay.

The mansion is by all accounts quite magnificent, sweeping staircase et 
al, and a big leap with several back flips and a shrill scream upwards 
from her previous Mt. Albert abode valued at a mere $360,000 (seems a 
lot for New North Rd, if you ask me).  

Tipplers at Ponsonby's Oval bar were witness to the $4 million-plus deal 
being clinched - although settlement's not yet completed.  The phone 
call saying Lucy says, "I do," came through by mobile to a sweaty real 
estate agent who fumbled with his phone, which promptly dropped to the 
floor and fell apart.

A few deep breaths and another phone call later it was a done deal and 
the bubbles - vintage of course - flowed.  Don't even try to work out 
his cut - it's too depressing.

It has to be said, though, that in a strange twist, nobody resents Lucy 
her good fortune.

Unlike a lot of long-legged lovelies with their very own bosoms and lots 
of loot, she's remained the same charming woman she always was - a real 
princess who by all accounts looks out for the little guy and whose only 
enemes are imaginary ones, usually speaking bad American and wearing 
wigs.

by:  Sara-Kate Lynch