Sony New Zealand just sent word that Sony - which manufactured the lithium iron batteries involved in the Dell, Apple,Toshiba, HP/Compaq and Fujitsu recalls - is now recalling certain models in its own Vaio notebook series.

Sony is due to post the following link on its NZ Vaio page today (Oct 26).
http://www.css.ap.sony.com/VAIO/Website/General/AnnDetails.aspx?ID=57488

A spokesman says: "The New Zealand models that may be affected and eligible for a new
battery are VGN-FE15, VGN-FE18, VGN-T27 and VGN-T37 models.

On November 7 there will be details posted on how eligible customers can
receive their replacement battery."