1There are signs this evening that Christchurch engineers have buckled under pressure from Air New Zealand and will now vote yes to a proposed deal they rejected on Monday.

2The lives of at least six children will be saved every year because of a new machine at Starship children's hospital.

3A firefighter who helped free a New Plymouth man from a tree shredder says it's the worst case he's seen in his 27 year career.

4Police on the hunt for a couple accused of importing drugs to make millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine are now focusing on the Port of Tauranga.

5Business News.

6The Minister of Finance says Transit New Zealand can improve its methods of setting road building programmes.

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8Discussion of Air New Zealand's plans with chief executive, Rob Fyfe.

9CanWest says the screening of a controversial South Park cartoon on its C4 channel last night resulted in higher ratings.

10In what is thought to be Britain's biggest ever bank robbery, thieves have made off with almost a hundred million dollars.

11The discovery of giant snails has halted mining preparation work at the Stockton opencast mine on the Mount Augustus ridgeline.

12Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including National MP Georgina Te Heu Heu questioning the Government's commitment to the Maori Affairs Select Committee.

13A 60-centimetre long crocodile is loose in Sydney's Northern beaches.

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15Workers at dairy giant Fonterra are reeling from the news 300 jobs could go.

16The US Army's released fascinating Al Qaeda documents, including employment contracts.

17A meeting between Ministry of Health officials and the disability service provider, Focus 2000 has just broken up.

18Business News.

19Pacific women living in New Zealand prefer to invest in their families over saving for the future, according to a new survey.

20The European Union has given Serbia till April to hand over Serb General Ratko Mladic to the Hague if it hopes to become part of the EU.

21One of Australia's leading bird flu scientists believes the virus is already in the country.

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23In Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is celebrating his 82nd birthday this week proclaiming he's as healthy as a 28 year old.

24Iraqi politicians and Shiite religious leaders are appealing for calm to avert civil war.

25The Anti-P march to Parliament is being considered a success by organisers, who hoped it would raise awareness of the problem in New Zealand.

26An anti-smoking lobby group is disappointed at new figures showing an increase in the number of cigarettes available for sale.

27Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News

28Emergency teams searching for 65 miners trapped in an underground mine in Mexico have still made no contact.

29Sri Lankan government negotiators and leaders of the Tamil Tiger rebel movement have met.