1The crack down and tracking down of Britain's looters and rioters is under way even as police try to stem the copycat street violence that's spread to cities outside London. London is largely quiet and police have begun releasing CCTV pictures of vandals and looters they want to track down. There are reports of some of the hooligans being as young as nine.
2Seven hundred taxi drivers have failed to get cameras and panic buttons put in their cabs in time, and face being forced out of business. The new security rules are to try and crack down on assaults and violence.
3The Government is struggling to find enough political support to pass controversial laws, reforming the criminal justice system. The Criminal Procedure Reform and Modernisation Bill aims to speed up the justice system and would result in fewer criminal trials.
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5The wife of the late Sir Edmund Hillary isn't sure her husband would have wanted the South Ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook named after him as but his son is in favour of the tribute.
6A Rotorua woman, Carla Hurring, accused of being part of a multi-million dollar fraud of a Westpac bank, has had the charges against her reduced. She and her partner left New Zealand in 2009 after Westpac accidently put an overdraft of $10-million in their account. About $4-million is still missing after some was recovered.
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8London's won a hard-fought peace but there's been mayhem from rioters in other cities in central England in the last 12-hours. There have been street fights with the police in Manchester, a police station was firebombed in Nottingham and there are reports of shots being fired in Birmingham. In London an army of people with brooms have been organised through Twitter to clean up glass and rubble.
9A U.S economist says the Federal Reserve should resign over its decision to keep interest rates near zero for the next two years.
10Manu Korihi News, including; Maori Wardens say it's sad the Prime Minister and others have labelled as racist the law that allows them to deal with drunk people; The Maori Party has challenged the Government in Parliament over the sale of forestry blocks to an overseas buyer; The people of Ngati Tuwharetoa and others throughout the country are mourning the loss of one the iwi's young leaders, Dean Stebbing; A painting of the Ngati Raukawa chief, Ihakara Tukumaru, has been sold at auction for a record price.
11A Dunedin city councillor says the public must be consulted on an American oil company's deep-water drilling plans. Anadarko had delayed putting down two test wells about 60-kilometers off the Dunedin coast.
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13A law giving Maori Wardens the right to ask Maori to leave bars if they are intoxicated is to be reviewed. During the Rugby World Cup the police will continue to work with the wardens but individual districts will decide how they are used.
14The former Green MP, Sue Bradford, says she has put her hat in the ring to stand for the Mana Party at the November general election.
15Women's working power is going begging and there is a large pool of well educated women who could be used to boost this country's GDP.
16Business News, including; The Australian-owned bank, ASB, has had a jump in earnings due to lower provisions to cover bad debts , and says there are signs that lending is picking up again.
17Parliament is being asked to do something about the conditions of boarding houses, some of which are described as slum-like. They say that tenants need greater rights and protection and the best way to do this is for boarding houses to be regularly inspected.
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19The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is changing University Entrance so passing this is going to get slightly tougher and will affect school leavers wanting to enrol in 2015 as they will need 60-credits. At the moment they only need 42-credits.
20Receivers have been able to get into Whangarei's Zion wildlife park today after getting an order from the High Court as the Manager, Patricia Busch, had stopped them from getting access to the park.
21Manu Korihi News, including; The Wellington City Council says a law allowing Maori Wardens to patrol bars sounds old-fashioned, but wardens will be useful in the city during and after the World Cup; The people of Ngati Tuwharetoa and others throughout the country are mourning the loss of one the iwi's young leaders, Dean Stebbing; The Maori Party has challenged the Government in Parliament over sale of forestry blocks to an overseas buyer.
22The Government is providing more than one million dollars for a new electronic waste recycling scheme, e-cycle. It hopes to precent electronic waste from entering the landfill.
23A landmark on Suva's seafront, the Grand Pacific Hotel, is to be re-developed after more than a decade of disrepair. It has been unused as an hotel for more than 20-years.