1There's been four hours of heated cross examination today at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pike River tragedy, the second day of the inquiry.

2Christchurch police have made their first arrest for false claims over earthquake damage, charging a local woman with obtaining by deception, and a contractor for overcharging for an earthquake repair.

3The former bankrupt former Bridgecorp director, Rod Petricevic, appears set to continue his fight to get a taxpayer funded defence, despite the High Court ruling against him today. He say he may have to defend himself in court and this is not fair, but the judge disagrees.

4After reigniting debate about New Zealand's vulnerability to illegal immigrants, the Government now says it appears this country was not the intended destination of 80 Sri Lankan asylum seekers. The Prime Minister says they would not be welcome in NZ, as this would be jumping the queue ahead of other refugees.

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7The Government has rejected a recommendation to raise the age of pension eligibility, but the Retirement Commissioner says politicians have their heads in the sand and she wants the age raised gradually over a few years.

8The Defence Minister says the Government needs to do more to help war veterans wanting to take part in 70th anniversary commemorations overseas following comments that not enough support was given to those who went to Crete in May.

9The Labour Party is questioning whether public debt is being managed as well as it could be, with the Government facing its biggest ever repayment this November. This is being managed by the Debt Management Office, who the finance minister says are well ahead with the job.

10Manu Korihi News, including; The Labour MP Shane Jones says the ACT Party's fear of Maori radicals is out of step with the times; A Wellington researcher has begun a survey of the voting habits of Maori living in Australia; One of eight Iwi involved in the country's biggest treaty settlement is taking legal action against the other seven in the central North Island for missing a self-imposed treaty settlement deadline; A Far North organic beef farmer believes a new economy could be opened up if Pacific nations increased their trade in native food

11A record number of people switched power companies last month following the launch of the government's What's My Number campaign. However the aim of the campaign is to bring about competition but it won't necessarily bring down power prices.

12Many businesses on Auckland's Dominion Road have been thrown a lifeline by the city council scaling back plans to overhaul public transport in the are. A 24-hour bus service to the central city was planned which would have meant widening the road and scrapping parking, but this has been put on hold.

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14A lobby group is warning New Zealand could become a toxic dumping ground for old televisions and computers if the Government does not take action. The EDay trust

15Opposition parties have attacked the Prime Minister's stance on 85 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, even though the government says evidence now suggests they were not heading for New Zealand.

16Business news including; More than 100 government, business and community leaders have been meeting in Tokyo today, looking to forge closer business ties between New Zealand and Japan and facing up to natural disasters.

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18The Retirement Commissioner Diana Crossan says politicians have their heads in the sand when it comes to raising the age of eligibility for superannuation

19Scores of seabirds are being found washed up, dead from exhaustion in the big seas sweeping the North Island's west coast in the most lethal conditions for birds in a decade.

20Fiji's interim government has announced plans to have an electronic voter registration system in place for elections in 2014

21Manu Korihi News, including; The Labour MP, Shane Jones, says the Government needs to be concerned with Maori leaving for Australia, rather than claims by the ACT party that radical Maori groups want to take over this country's institutions. The Government says District Health Boards are blocking Whanau Ora by dictating terms to small Maori agencies instead of being led by them. One of the eight Iwi covered by the country's biggest treaty settlement is taking legal action against the other seven central North Island parties for missing a self-imposed treaty settlement deadline. The countdown is on for Maori Musicians to get their nominations in for this year's Waiata Maori Music Awards.

22The Maori Women's Welfare League could be forced to restart its national election process, if Court action by the Destiny Church co-founder, Hannah Tamaki is successful. She is challenging the league's failure to include her name on the ballot papers for those standing for president.

23The Christchurch man, Eric Smale, who killed his tetraplegic flatmate, Keith McCormac, in 2005 has appealed his conviction on the grounds of provocation and wants his sentence reduced.