1A woman has been shot dead in broad daylight on one of Warkworth's main streets north of Auckland. Police are releasing few details.

2The co-owner of the struggling finance company Hanover, Mark Hotchin, has faced the wrath of investors at a meeting in Christchurch. It's trying to pitch a deal to investors, which if approved, could help them get more of their money back.

3Despite being on leave from Parliament, Hone Harawira has been named as the MP who will lead any political campaign pushing for Maori representation on the Auckland super council.

4The surge in Auckland's house prices has prompted a warning that over-valued properties could hurt householders when interest rates rise again. Average sale prices have reached a 23-month high.

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6The police in Christchurch are appealing for help from the public to find a man who mugged an 86-year-old woman.

7About 100-employees of Delmaine Fine Foods subsidiary Allberry House are being asked to move from Tauranga and Christchurch to Auckland, if they want to keep their jobs.

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9The possibility of fresh prospecting at the Talisman mine on the Coromandel Peninsula has been raised with the granting of a commercial gold mining permit. The Minister of Energy and Resources has given approval for Heritage Gold to mine on a 25-year term.

10Senior doctors have been told to stop whingeing and help the health sector change in the face of unprecedented funding challenges.

11The President of the United States Barack Obama has told a forum on job creation in Washington that only the private sector can solve the problem of American unemployment.

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13Teachers have won a reprieve. For now they won't have to sign up to what they're calling a gagging clause - and it's thanks to the Minister of Education. Teachers are fighting a law that would require them to show respect to the government when speaking on matters of public interest.

14The Minister of Justice has brushed off calls for him to apologise and front up with evidence that South Auckland lawyers are rorting the system. The accusations come a scathing report on legal aid by Dame Margaret Bazley saying there could be 200 or more lawyers rorting the system, that some are corrupt and that they should be struck off.

15The Northland man who will benefit from a proposed law change giving him the right to use a public slipway for his boatyard business says he believes he can now finally move forward, despite coming under fire from the Green Party. The clauses would give businessman Doug Schmuck the right to use part of a public walkway for his exculsive private use.

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17The Ministry of Education and the Treasury are investigating the idea of the private sector building and maintaining new schools. Minister Anne Tolley has said such partnerships have worked well overseas and that the government needs to make best use of its resources.

18Delegates at a political conference at The University of Auckland have been told laws to protect people from sexual offences in the Pacific Islands falls short of international best practice.

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20A suicide bombing in the Somali capital of Mogadishu at a graduation ceremony for medical students has killed at least 18-people including ministers in the the United Nations-backed transitional government.

21Scientists say it's possible a tsunami on the scale of the one which hit Samoa in September could also hit New Zealand.

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23Focus on Politics The former National Party leader Don Brash has not yet completely left the political scene. This week his 2025 Taskforce released its prescription for closing the income gap with Australia. It included a radical set of policies, reminiscent of the Rogernomics era. Just a day later the Tax Working Group held a press conference on a report its due to give to the government before Christmas. Tax changes are predicted, though expected to be less radical than those suggested by Dr. Brash.

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