1The watch for holiday road deaths officially began an hour ago, as police fight to keep a lid on the rising annual toll.

2The fire which began at 3.30 in the morning completely destroyed a Kaiapoi depot, leaving 26 jobs hanging in the balance.

3Qantas has been trying to recruit New Zealand aircraft engineers to act as strikebreakers.

4MPs from the minor political parties know they face a power of work to make sure they return to Parliament after the 2008 Election.

5Business News.

6There are hopes that an electronic tag that has popped off of a 4.4 metre female shark after nine months will lead to learning more about the habits of sharks.

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8The misery of drought has now turned into the misery of flooding for some Australian farmers.

9He wasn't even on the ballot paper but Thailands exiled prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has emerged as the winner in the country's National Elections after his party won the largest amount of seats.

10The government of Nepal has agreed to abolish the monarchy.

11Fourteen Finance Companies have gone under in less than 24 months, with losses for thousands of small investors amounting to more than one billion dollars.

12Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

13The spiritual leader of Iraq's Catholics, has called on American forces to free Saddam Hussein's former Deputy Prime Minister.

14Fiordland may now be home to the biggest wave in the world, with a surfing competition to match.

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16A look back at the big stories of 2007 with Jane Patterson, including: The dramatic shootout between police and fugitive Graeme Burton; the allegedly spontaneous friendship between National Party Leader John Key and a young girl in a poor area of Auckland; the Louise Nicholas historic rape trial featuring then Assistant Police Commissioner Clint Rickards and former police officers/convicted rapists Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton; allegations of corruption in the Department of Corrections; concerns over gangs and gang culture in New Zealand; the release from prison of David Bain after his convictions for murder were quashed; the debate on the so-called "Anti-Smacking" Bill; and the schoolgirls who exposed Ribena as having no vitamin C content.

17A study in the UK has found their turkey dinner will produce a carbon footprint equivalent to 6,000 trips around the world.

186:30 News.

19A look back at the big stories of 2007 with Jane Patterson, including: the anti-terror raids that saw police acccused of racism; the All Blacks being knocked out of the Rugby World Cup at the earliest point in history; Damien O'Connor losing his Corrections portfolio, David Benson-Pope resigning from Cabinet over his handling of the Madeleine Setchell affair, and Trevor Mallard punching National List MP Tau Henare; Maori Party MP Tau Henare calling then Australian Prime Minister a "racist bastard" and then "going walkabout" while on Parliamentary business in Australia; the theft of Victoria's Crosses from the Waiouru War Museum; the Australian General Election; the case of abandoned toddler Qian Xun Xue; and the death of Luciano Pavarotti.

20Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including Labour MP Shane Jones' reaction to the attempted angry protest against Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen as he signed off on a deal between the Government and Ngati Kahu.

21Despite being a Communist State, China is now one of the world's largest Christian countries.