1Orewa College, north of Auckland, has been told it will be prosecuted over the death of its caretaker earlier this year. 59-year-old Richard Nel was killed in a boiler room explosion at the college earlier this year.

2The police are now treating the death of a man at a Christmas party on a yacht as a homicide. Darren Grace was on the boat when he died shortly after 9:00pm on Friday night.

3School is now officially out for good for the students and staff of Christchurch's Aorangi Primary after the High Court rejected its bid to have its closure overturned.

4There has been confusion today over new Allied Farmers shares with some former Hanover investors unable to to sell them on the share market.

5New Zealand's suppression laws are once again under the microscope, following online revelations of the identity of a comedian charged with sexually abusing a child. The man was granted name suppression in the Auckland District Court last week, though it proving hard to uphold in the Internet age.

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7A major rest home operator says there's a clear need for more beds throughout the country for dementia patients who are especially violent or aggressive. A report released today by the Wellington coroner has sparked debate over whether CCTV cameras should be used to monitor dementia patients.

8The 32 year old American actress Brittany Murphy, who starred in such films as "Girl Interrupted", "Clueless", and "8 Mile" has died at her home after apparently suffering a cardiac arrest.

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10The Government is planning to change the way its spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year on at-risk families. The Minister of Finance Bill English has said that the vast amount of money already directed at in-need families seems to be making little difference and with no extra money to be allocated, it will have to be used more effectively.

11The International Pilots Association is taking legal action against Qantas in a bid to get better pay and conditions for colleagues working on the airline's New Zealand based subsidiary, JetConnect.

12The government of the Philippines has warned that a volcanic eruption is imminent. The Government has increased the alert status and placed a 10-kilometer no-go zone around Mount Mayon, the country's most active volcano.

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14Television New Zealand has upheld complaints made against presenter Paul Henry after he joked on-air that British singer Susan Boyle was retarded.

15The Aviation Industry Association is accusing the state-owned Aviation Security Service of a multi-million-dollar overcharging in security fees.

16Prison officers and crime experts say an employment court decision allowing more double-bunking in jails will lead to an increase in violence and deaths. Minister of Corrections however somehow thinks that double-bunking is going to make prisons safer for inmates and staff.

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18The White House says it is on the cusp of achieving a reform in the United States that's eluded seven previous presidents. A vote in the next hour will determine whether Barak Obama's domestic healthcare reform policy will succeed.

19A major rest home operator is supporting a police suggestion to use closed circuit CCTV cameras to monitor aggressive and violent patients.

20Polish police say they have recovered the Nazi German sign stolen from the site of the Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland and arrested the alleged thieves.

21New Zealand's suppression laws are once again under the microscope, following online revelations of the identity of a comedian charged with sexually abusing a child. The man was granted name suppression in the Auckland District Court last week.

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23Not a failure, yet, and better than nothing - New Zealand's associate Climate Change Minister Tim Groser has joined the chorus of faint praise for the achievements of the Copenhagen summit.

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25News from the United Kingdom, including: bad weather is still wreaking havoc this holiday season; Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas announces he's gay; London law firm selling divorce gift vouchers for Christmas;

26A scientific study in Australia has shown that coral reef fish can undergo a radical personality change in warmer water.

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28Kyrgyzstan's become the latest Central Asian republic to be accused of curtailing religious rights. Religious groups have said that restrictions put in place to curtail Muslim extremists and an influx of foreign churches are removing their freedoms.

29Greece has acknowledged that it is facing a credibility gap as it struggles to revive its economy. The Greek Minister of Finance has said that austerity measures will control the spiralling public deficit.

30Prior to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen many had billed it as the last chance to save the world from global warming.