1Taito Phillip Field is behind bars tonight,the first member of parliament in New Zealand to be prosecuted and now jailed for bribery and corruption. The former Labour MP has been sentenced to six years in prison for giving immigraion favours to Thai people in return for work on his properties.
2A gunman at the centre of a massive two day police search in southern Hawkes Bay raised his weapon and struggled with the two armed officers who found him hiding in a toilet block at the Norsewood Golf Club. The hunt for David Bourke involved helicopters with heat seeking equipment and armed offenders squads.
3The National-led government's two main allies are once again butting heads - this time over the controversy surrounding the bid for broadcasting rights for 2011 Rugby World Cup. The ACT Party disagree's with the use of tax-payer money to fund Maori Television's bid to the rights.
4It's now been nearly 24-hours since two year old Asiling Symes went missing in West Auckland and police say they have grave fears for her safety. She was with her parents when she dissapeard around 5:30pm yesterday.
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6People displaced by the deadly earthquake triggered tsunami in American Samoa are begining to filter back to their homes. Near 4-thousand people have been living in 16 emergency shelters in recent days.
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8Thousands of Auckland bus passengers face massive disruption once again with services suspended indefinitely from early Thursday morning. The main operator NZ Bus will lock out its workers after they've announced they're taking industrial action over pay.
9The Health and Disability Commission has criticised a Christchurch rest home after finding that a dementia patient was not showered for an entire year.
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11There are signs the economic recovery could be undermined by a shortage of credit to businesses. NZIER's quarterly business survey has found a growing number of businesses cite access to finance as a problem.
12A woman who claims a Wellington couple sexually assaulted her and enticed her into prostitution at the age of 14 has revealed further details about her escort agency work. Gary Duffin, father of Karla Cardno, a Lower Hutt schoolgirl who was brutally raped and murdered 20 years ago, is facing sex charges in the High Court in Wellington today.
13The United Nations Secretary General Ban ki Moon has condemned an attack on a United Nations compound in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, which killed five employees of the World Food Programme.
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15Taito Phillip Field is behind bars tonight, the first member of parliament in New Zealand to be prosecuted and now jailed for bribery and corruption. The former Labour MP has been sentenced to six years in prison for giving immigraion favours to Thai people in return for work on his properties here and in Samoa.
16As police cordons were lifted today around three thousand hectares of Hawkes Bay farmland, relieved residents returned home to check on their land and stock. The hunt for David Bourke involved helicopters with heat seeking equipment and armed offenders squads.
17David Bourke, the gunman at the centre of a massive two day police search in southern Hawkes Bay raised his weapon and struggled with the two armed officers who found him hiding in a toilet block at the Norsewood Golf Club. Federated Farmers says it wants to speak with police about how they handled the situation.
18David Bourke, the gunman at the centre of a massive two day police search in southern Hawkes Bay raised his weapon and struggled with the two armed officers who found him hiding in a toilet block at the Norsewood Golf Club. Federated Farmers says it wants to speak with police about how they handled the situation.
19Samoan families who've been living in temporary shelter since the tsunami are starting to move closer to their old villages.
20Heavy snow has caused havoc over the past three days, bringing down a number of power lines and closing State Highway 5.
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22Buoyed by the success of the United Kingdom's first ever atheist bus advertising campaign, some of Britain's most prominent humanists have joined forces to provide a second controversial offering: "The Atheist's Guide To Christmas."
23In what's being described as a significant breakthrough North Korea has said it may be willing to consider returning to the six-party talks on ending its nuclear weapons programme. The offer was made by the supreme leader Kim Jong-il to visiting Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao.
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25New reports by the Health and Disability Commission have criticised the Christchurch resthome where a dementia patient was not showered for a year. The commission investigated standards of care at the Villa Gardens rest home after complaints from family members.
26The Parole Board has released a decision today, refusing to let the former leader of the Christian Heritage Party, Graham Capill out of prison. The convicted paedophile is completing a six year sentence for abusing three girls.
27And now for something completely different! In the United Kingdom actors and comedians have been remembering the groundbreaking sketches of Monty Python's Flying Circus which first appeared on television 40-years ago.