1The law is to be changed so that adults who do nothing to stop a child in their household from being seriously assaulted will be held legally liable. The Law Commission has put forward the change in its latest review of the Crimes Act.

2Two teenage girls will spend at least the next 17 years behind bars for bashing and killing an elderly man in his Opotiki home last year. Courtney Churchward and Lori-Lea Te Wini both received a life sentence with a minimum non-parole period of 17-years.

3A desperate search for compromise by world leaders at the climate change summit in Denmark is keeping alive hopes a deal can yet be clinched on the last day of talks.

4Cities and towns from the Far North to the deep south to will host teams competing in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

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6It's Wanganui with an 'H' and without an 'H'. The Government has announced that both versions of the spelling will now be used.

7Dozens of fires have been burning around New South Wales and so far have destroyed nine homes and blackened thousands of hectares of bush and grassland.

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9A New Zealand man is suspected of being involved in the biggest seizure of exotic animals in the United States' history. Jason Shaw has been arrested in Texas after the discovery of 26-thousand abandoned animals in a warehouse.

10The police say four people who were forced to spend the night on top of their capsized boat seven kilometres out to sea, are very lucky to be alive.

11The Law Commission is recommending that the next Governor-General be required to pay income tax. The Governor-General's salary is currently exempt under the Income Tax Act 2007.

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13In Copenhagen officials have been working through the night trying to hammer out a draft climate change accord they can present to world leaders today.

14Fiji's military regime looks to be moving towards tougher censorship of the media with proposed new laws that are expected to make the current restrictions permanent.

15A week before the Christmas getaway rush - and three months ahead of schedule - Tauranga's second harbour bridge has been officially declared open.

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17It may be a tiny, but the Pacific nation of Tuvalu has had a large voice at the United Nations climate conference. It put forward a key text and the only plan with a legally binding treaty.

18A Catholic bishop in Ireland who was criticised for his handling of a child sex abuse scandal has resigned. The Bishop of Limerick stood down after he was found to have not investigated allegations about a paedophile priest.

19In Britain, a man's been convicted of murdering his fifteen year old daughter a decade after she went missing.

20A woman who was raised on an island in the middle of Wellington harbour, with prisoners of war as her companions, returned today to celebrate her 80th birthday.

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22A cartoon character has been discovered on a slab of concrete at Auckland prison near the area where Kevin Polwart escaped two days ago - with the words "Catch Me if you Can" written beside it. Polwart cut his way through a double perimeter fence and escaped on Wednesday.

23Trade unions in Greece are holding a 24-hour strike to protest against spending cuts aimed at restoring international confidence in the country's economy.

24They're supposed to be one of the United States' military's most deadly and secretive weapons, but insurgents in Iraq have managed to hack into the video feeds being transmitted from uncrewed planes.

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26Focus on Politics: After two years of recession and gloomy forecasts the ride appears to be turning. The Government released its half year fiscal and economic update revealing that Treasury believes things are getting better, not worse. Unemployment is not as bad as forecast in May, which means the Government's deficit will not be as bad as forecast.

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