1Police in Dunedin have arrested and charged a 35 year old man with a vicious rape in Dunedin.

2A world wide web of crime has seen the FBI cast their net downunder to Hamilton.

3Investers who lost money in Bridgecorp and Capital and Merchant collapses due to advice by MFS New Zealand have been promised their money back.

4The La Nina weather pattern that appears to be setting in for the next three months could spell disaster in parts of New Zealand.

5Wellington's Westpac stadium erupted when football star David Beckham walked on to the field for a two hour training session.

6Business News.

7Legendary All Black Colin Meads' 100-hectare King Country property was auctioned in Te Kuiti this afternoon and sold below its Government valuation.

8A Tauranga man wanted in Britain over an alleged 75 billion plot to defraud the Bank of England has been granted bail.

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10The Wellington Coroner, Gary Evans has been hearing evidence this week about events surrounding the shooting and stabbing of Karl Kuchenbecker by Graeme Burton, who was on parole at the time.

11A blaze on the Chatham Islands has spread to over 70 hectares of Department of Conservation land.

12Police Commissioner Howard Broad was confronted today with strong criticism from some Northland Maori, over the recent police anti-terror raids throughout all of New Zealand that also included Tuhoe.

13Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

14Stephen Tindall addressed shareholders at the Warehouse annual meeting in Auckland today, where many were hoping to hear about a proposed takeover of the company.

15A lobby group for children says putting sanctions on solo parent's benefits won't force them into work.

16A British schoolteacher in Sudan who allowed her class to name a teddy bear Mohammed, has been sentenced to 15 days jail.

17In an attempt to bridge religious divisions, the Pope has invited Muslim representatives for talks at the Vatican.

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19The United States and Britain have welcomed the announcement by Pakistan's President that he plans to lift the State of Emergency in the country.

20Another 40 officer cadets have graduated from training school in Waiouru today ready to lead the country's troops.

21Professor Alasdair Roberts is the keynote speaker at an International Conference for Information Commissionrs being held in Wellington. A number of Pacific countries are working towards legislation governing freedom of information.

22Business News.

23This Sunday's poll is expected to be won in a landslide by the prominent pro-Kremlin party United Russia.

24Former New York Mayor/Current Presidential Candidate Rudi Guliani is facing accusations that he got New York taxpayers to fund getaways with his then mistress.

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26Focus on Politics: Liz Banas looks at where-to-next for international action on climate change with a major meeting starting in Bali next week.

27Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including a call for an inquiry into the status of the Treaty of Waitangi in International Law.

28Christchurch's King Bike shop is closing after being open since the 1950s, run by Barry King with help from his son Peter.