1The neighbour of six month old Serenity Scott Dinnington who died of brain injuries last week says she's knew there was violence going on next door but was too scared to do anything about it.
2The minimum driving age will be raised to 16 in August after legislation was passed unanimously by Parliament this afternoon. The Land Transport Amendment bill was criticised for failing to reduce the blood alcohol limit with the Labour Party suggesting the Minister of Transport Steven Joyce was rolled by cabinet.
3Hone Harawira has been forced to apologise after he described Osama Bin Laden as a man who fought for the freedom of his people.
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5The International Criminal Court has confirmed it will seek an arrest warrents for three people over the killing of pro-democracy activists in Libya.
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7New Zealand apples could be on sale in Australia for the first time in almost a century by the end of this year.
8The Labour Party has accused National of making retirement savings a political football again by planning to make more changes to KiwiSaver. The Minister of Finance, Bill English has said the May budget will include cuts to KiwiSaver incentives.
9The Rotorua coroner has said that parents keeping their babies in bed with them is a form of child abuse and more must be done to stop it.
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11Pike River families are making their biggest push yet for action to recover their men's remains from the mine.
12Unemployment fell slightly in the first three months of the year, but there are still 155-thousand people without jobs. It fell to 6.6-percent.
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14Telecommunication companies are not promising cheaper cell phone calls despite the cuts to mobile termination rates. The Commerce Commission has released its final decision on whether these should be regulated.
15Radical Maori politician Hone Harawira's apology for eulogising Osama bin Laden has been met with some surprise.
16The leaders of the two main Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have signed a reconciliation deal to establish a unity government and end four years of hostilities.
17The Bank of New Zealand has set aside $60-million for potential credit losses from the earthquakes in Christchurch.
18The Maori Digital Forum says it's being left out even as Maori business' contribution to the economy's being hailed.
19Another multi-million dollar, pre-Budget announcement has brought extra Plunket visits for new mothers, in their baby's first few months of life.
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21President of the United States Barak Obama is refusing to release photos of the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He says the pictures could be used as propaganda by extremists and is unwilling to appease conspiracy theorists who are casting doubt over whether the al-Qaeda leader is really dead.
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23Little change is expected when the 1-thousand and 50 registered voters on Niue choose their new 20 person parliament this weekend.