1It has been revealed that Prime Minister John Key and the Chief spy at the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), Ian Fletcher, have known each other since they were schoolboys.

2Signs of a split have emerged in the Government over the jailing of Teina Pora for the murder of Susan Burdett 20 years ago. Associate Corrections Minister Pita Sharples is calling for an urgent inquiry into Pora's conviction for the murder of Susan Burdett in 1993. However the Police Commissioner and Police Minister are trying to avoid answering questions on the matter.

3Telecom has unveiled its a package of plans that it says will allow families, schools and small businesses to access ultra-fast broadband.

4Fonterra has announced a higher pay-out to drought-stricken farmers. However, this will not necessarily lead to lower prices for consumers.

5The Ministry of Education has confirmed final decisions on the future of ten Christchurch schools.

6The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) says the cordon in Christchurch's CBD will be gone by the end of June and New Regent Street will reopen in April.

7The Earthquake Commission (EQC) has laid a complaint with the Police against the man who received the email sent with private details of over 80,000 EQC claimants.

8Hundreds of supporters have helped give hermit Eric Brewer a temporary reprieve from being evicted from his New Plymouth beachfront shack.

9New Speaker David Carter has ejected Labour MPs Trevor Mallard and Chris Hipkins from the debating chamber for accusing him of being too lenient on the PM during Questiontime.

10A former Palmerston North flying instructor has been sentenced to community work and ordered to pay $1000 each to two former students he assaulted in mid-air.

11Whangarei Police are looking for a truck driver who may have inadvertently killed a pedestrian sleeping under his trailer this morning.

12A driver in China is being hailed as a hero after he safely stopped his bus after a lamp post smashed through his windscreen.

13Te Papa will unveil more than 300 works of art on Friday, many of which have been in storage since the Museum opened fifteen years ago.

14The New Zealand Defence Force is excavating a long-buried coastal defence gun on the Miramar Peninsula.

15North Korea has warned the United States that its artillery and rocket forces are combat ready and that it plans to target American military bases in the Pacific and on the United States mainland.

16A 14 year old girl is believed to have been mauled to death by dogs at a British home.

17An Italian court has overturned the acquittal of American Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of Meredeth Kercher.

18The United States Supreme Court has heard arguments about whether same-sex couples have a Constitutional right to marry.

19A Brisbane store has introduced a $5.00 charge for people who say they are just browsing. Is this feasible, or will potential customers be put off shopping there?