1A leaked email reveals an advisor to National leader Don Brash advised him to buy his way into the Treasury seat by attracting self-interested voters.
2National is being accused of running an anonymous smear campaign against Labour and the Greens, but National is demanding Labour admits to using taxpayer money to fund its pledge card.
3Authorities have begun collecting and counting the dead in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
4A passenger jet has crashed into a densely populated area in Indonesia.
5A small Auckland company has won a lucrative contract to supply woollen throws to one of Las Vegas' top hotels, Caesar's Palace.
6Analysis of the latest One News Colmar Brunton poll which shows National eight points ahead of Labour.
7Other news.