1The two mostly badly quake-hit Canterbury councils, Christchurch City and Waimakariri Council, are pleading for Government help as an insurance deadline looms. The damage already incurred is covered by but existing other infrastructure (pipes, buildings etc) will not be by the end of the week despite an extensive search overseas, so the government may have to step in.
2A paediatric specialist has described the severe damage done to the brains of the Kahui baby twins who died from head injuries in 2006.
3Authorities at the Pike River Mine have given the green light for re-entry work to begin tomorrow, as the oxygen levels are acceptable - but admit the operation is not risk free
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5Happy Feet, the Emperor penguin, has successfully undergone another round of surgery at Wellington Zoo today removing sand and driftwood from its stomach. The head of Gastroenterology at Wellington hospital did the work.
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7The Maori Party co-leader, Tariana Turia, says it's too early to write off doing a deal with the Hone Harawira's Mana Party, and it's a suggestion that will be considered although there are tensions between the parties.
8The trial of the four most senior surviving leaders of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime has begun at a court in Phnom Penh today with the elderly defendants. But the judges have refused to investigate another case.
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10The Dunedin city council has approved a rates hike of seven-point-seven percent as it struggles to deal with mounting debt. They say their insurance premiums have risen as a result of the Christchurch earthquake and there are infrastructure costs.
11Christchurch home owners, who last week were told that they will have to abandon their properties, are this week trying to determine the nitty gritty of what the decision will mean for them.
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13Councils around the country are unable to get insurance for up to 30 percent of sewerage and water pipes and what they can get covered is costing two to four times as much.
14Quake-devastated Canterbury, in its Aged Care Recovery Plan, estimates it will need to find an extra 13 hundred rest home beds in the next nine years.
15An expert in the human digestive system, Dr Wyeth, has been drafted in to help an ailing emperor penguin with a stomach full of sand and sticks.
16Business News including; The country has recorded a smaller-than-expected trade surplus. Statistics New Zealand figures show the country's trade surplus narrowed to 605 million dollars in May, compared with April's record 1 point 1 billion dollar surplus
17News from Latin America including; travellers who are anxiously watching which way the Chilean ash cloud blows, and football fans in Argentina have rioted followed their team's relegation
18An economist at the University of the South Pacific is describing the appreciation of the Solomon Islands currency as an unusual move for a developing economy.
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20The latest now on the scramble by many local councils to get insurance having just been told their existing insurer won't cover them beyond Thursday. Civic Assurance can not continue its cover as it has been put off by re-insurers.
21The Southern Right Whale, once slaughtered to extinction in New Zealand, is making an appearance again in the shallow sandy bays it likes for giving birth. A project joint project between the Department of Conservation and Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute has been tracking the whales near the Auckland and Campbell Islands, and are using DNA profiling to track the whales.
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