1One of the ringleaders of the Bali Nine drug trafficking ring is about to hear whether he will face a firing squad.

2The credibility of the Prime Minister Helen Clark has come under attack from National today in Parliament.

3The New Zealand deep sea fishing industry is proposing banning bottom trawling.

4Household spending is beginning to slow -- a sign that higher interest rates are starting to have an effect on consumers.

5The Australian Foreign Affairs Minister has revealed in Parliament that he has contacted Indonesian officials over the fate of the "Bali 9".

6Business News.

7A South Auckland mother-of-four who set her two dogs on police has been sentenced to 300 hours community work.

8National says the Government's proposal to move towards community based sentencing is a reaction to a budget blowout.

95:30 News.

10The Bali Nine's "godfather" Andrew Chan was today condemned to death by firing squad.

11National's deputy leader Gerry Brownlee has raised a point of order about Labour's spending on its pledge cards.

12Sixty five percent of residents in the Wellington region support the inland Transmission Gully route.

13Australian MP Danna Vale made challenging comments during a fiery debate over lifting the ban on abortion pill RU-486, after saying that allowing the drug would lead to Australia becoming a Muslim nation.

14The number of shark attacks around the world dropped in 2005 for the fifth consecutive year.

15A leaked UN report accuses US of breaking international law at Guantanamo Bay, suggesting that inmates are being tortured.

16An Indonesian court has sentenced an Australian man to die by firing squad.

17Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including the Prime Minister saying the spelling of Wanganui is a topic worthy of debate

18Love it or hate it, there's no ignoring Valentines Day!

196pm News.

20An Auckland judge is praising the results of restorative justice conferences - an experiment that's been running since 2001.

21An Indonesian court has sentenced an Australian man to die by firing squad.

22The head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has refused to answer questions about the oil-for-food scandal.

23Business News.

24A fishing area more than four times the size of New Zealand could be closed off to bottom trawling.

256:30 News.

26The White House has been forced to explain why the reporting of the Vice Presidents shooting incident was delayed.

27A deal between the Government and the Kindergarten Teachers Union may avert further strike action.

28Floods, droughts and forest fires are all predicted to increase according to weather and disaster management specialists.

29The people of Tokelau are into their second day of deciding whether they want to break away from New Zealand.

30Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

31Nigeria is the first country in Africa where birds are known to have been infected with H5N1, otherwise known as The Birdflu.