1The Accident Compensation Corporation looks set to face competition from private insurers. The government has announced it intends to open up ACC's workplace account to competition, as part of a deal with the ACT Party to support the ACC reform Bill.

2A man who stole war medals including 9 Victoria Crosses has been described as a cruel and calculating career criminal. The 39-year-old has name suppression and was sentenced to 11-years in prison in an Auckland district court today.

3Plans to give local councils, the commerce commission and even the boxing and wrestling federation the same powers as the police to search and watch over people are being stronly challenged in Parliament.

4Police are hunting for convicted murderer Christopher Watkins who escaped from Tongariro Rangipo Prison this afternoon.

5The Accident Compensation Corporation looks set to face competition from private insurers. The government has announced it intends to open up ACC's workplace account to competition, as part of a deal with the ACT Party to support the ACC reform Bill.

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8An investigation is underway after Otago residents with symptoms consistent with bowel cancer were denied potentially life-saving colonoscopies.

9Education groups have reacted with dismay over cuts to science, P.E. and art in primary schools. Fierce debate also erupted in parliament this afternoon after the government announced it would not give additional funding to subjects other than reading, writing and mathematics.

10The police have recovered one body and say they do not expect to find two other men alive following the capsizing of a fishing boat on Lake Tekapo in south Canterbury yesterday.

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12A former Waikato primary school principal who collected thousands of dollars for a relief teacher who never taught at the school has been sentenced to 12-months in jail with leave to seek home detention. 56-year-old Barry Bloomfield pleaded guilty to four charges.

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14The Accident Compensation Corporation looks set to face competition from private insurers. The government has announced it intends to open up ACC's workplace account to competition, as part of a deal with the ACT Party to support the ACC reform Bill.

15The Accident Compensation Corporation looks set to face competition from private insurers. The government has announced it intends to open up ACC's workplace account to competition, as part of a deal with the ACT Party to support the ACC reform Bill. The Labour Party says it's clear the move towards competition has been National's plan all along.

16Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in Nelson and Blenheim this afternoon, supporting the Tasman Makos which faces the threat of demotion from rugby's top division next season.

17After Rodney Hide was accused of rorting people over a breakfast fundraiser costing $45 a head, it was discovered today that Associate Minister Heather Roy was also charging people to come and hear her speak at an ACT party fundraiser in Christchurch.

18The authorities in Afghanistan have just over two weeks to organize a second round of voting in the presidential election.

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20Maori artists are lamenting the loss of a special trade mark which took $1-million to set up, saying it will be a significant loss for struggling young artists.

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22Tensions over asylum seekers has wound up a notch in Australia with an MP linking them with terrorists.

23Draft laws have been introduced to Australia's parliament making it easier for New Zealand trained doctors to work across the Tasman.