1A man has been jailed for at least 18 years for the murder of his seven year-old stepson.
2The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, is again under the campaign spotlight.
3The trial of the mother and grandfather of a six year old Hamilton boy abducted in 2006 ended before it began today.
4The Labour Party has pledged to launch a commission of inquiry into criminal gangs to determine the extent of their involvement in organised crime, reports Naomi Mitchell.
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6Ten boats and two planes have been searching the Christchurch coastline today for a man missing in a six metre vessel.
7Barack Obama is about to splash out on a half-hour long commercial.
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9There are reports that as many as 70 people may have died in an earthquake in Pakistan.
10The crown prosecutor in the murder trial of Liam Reid has told the jury that he has a Jeykell and Hyde personality.
11The Real Estate Agents Licensing Board has deemed 3 estate agents unfit to continue as certified salepersons.
12New Zealand's ecological footprint per capita is now ranked sixth largest in the world.
13Waatea News. National leader John Key has said that Labour have taken the Maori seats for granted.
14The Labour Party is raising questions over John's Key's links to one of New Zealand's most notorious foreign exchange scams.
15Thousands of people are fleeing for their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
16Emergency food handouts are about to start in Cambodia to help families hit by the rising price of staple products.
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18The judge has described the case one of the worst of its kind after man was jailed for at least 18 years today.
19Returning to the search off the Christchurch coastline today for a man missing from a six metre vessel.
20Labour's plan to launch a commission of inquiry into gangs if it's re-elected, is being panned as unnecessary research.
21Syria close down an American school and a cultural centre in Damascus.
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23The latest news from China by correspondent in Beijing, Quentin Sommerville.
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25There are suggestions some police officers are too ashamed to admit their occupation to friends and neighbours.
26U.S. Elections 7 days to go in the United States presidential race.
27Scientists have identified a gene variant they say is a key indicator of whether someone is likely to survive a heart attack.
28US government is now considering an emergency rescue package for the country's biggest car maker General Motors.
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30The Labour Party is raising questions over John's Key's links to one of New Zealand's most notorious foreign exchange scams.
31A council of 50 Pakistani and Afghan political and tribal leaders has agreed on a policy to establish dialogue.
32West African countries have become a transit point to Europe for cocaine from South America.