1Analysis of the latest business and financial news: including; the European economy showing signs of positive growth; increasing demand on housing in New Zealand is leading to a sharp rise in house prices.

2The demand for imported baby formula continues to grow in China, amid growing distrust of local products. Many foreign brands - including some from New Zealand - are also the subject of suspicion.

3A documentary that is about to screen at the New Zealand International Film Festival appears to contradict the official account of a New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS) raid in Afghanistan in which two security guards were killed. Interview with the journalist behind the documentary, Jon Stephenson.

4Business leaders around the country have been asked to don yellow ear protectors today to experience a day without sound to simulate deafness, in the hope that this will lead to a consideration of the issue of noise-induced hearing loss in New Zealand.

5Some of New Zealand's brightest researchers, business leaders and designers are gathering in Auckland this weekend as part of a global talk-fest known as TEDx. The aim is to ensure that good ideas are shared with the world.

6The Ohio man convicted of holding three women captive in his Cleveland house over a decade and raping them repeatedly has been sentenced. Ariel Castro pleaded guilty to 937 criminal counts of rape, kidnapping, and aggravated murder as part of a plea bargain. He was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years in prison without the possibility of parole.

7A documentary that is about to screen at the New Zealand International Film Festival appears to contradict the official account of a New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS) raid in Afghanistan in which two security guards were killed. Interview with the Defence Minister.

8Opposition MPs say Geoff Thorn, the head of Parliamentary Services who resigned yesterday, has taken the fall for Prime Minster John Key over the accessing of journalist Andrea Vance's phone records. Interview with New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters.

9Central New Zealand has been rocked by another aftershock.

10An Auckland woman has discovered she is related to the Queen Mother, and yet another woman has discovered she can trace her ancestry back to King Richard III. Their stories will be told as part of the Family History Fair which begins today.

11The latest news and issues from Australia: including; Prime Minister elect Kevin Rudd announces how he will fund his election promises; 12.5% tax increase on cigarettes every year for the next four years; Sydney man Roger Dean sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for New South Wales' worst mass murder - Dean killed eleven residents when he set fire to a retirement home; warmest July on record for Australia with an average temperature of 19.5 degrees; Photo of the Year is that of a man inside a shark.