1The Government is claiming it has halved the number of people waiting more than six months for an operation.
2The Government plans to introduce a new law enforcing compulsory DNA tests on burglary suspects. A breach of privacy?
3Investigators are trying to fathom how a US submarine collided with a Japanese fishing trawler off the coast of Hawaii. Reaction from Japan.
4Other news.
5An Auckland pastor is promising to defy immigration officials and police by harbouring 200 Indonesian illegal immigrants.
6Other news.
7The opposition Labour party has won an election in Western Australia and Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has had a significant impact.
8Other news.