1Helen Clark's talks in Sydney with her Australian counterpart John Howard, have been overshadowed by the continuing "children thrown overboard" controversy.

2Discussion of the Australian and New Zealand Prime Ministers meeting.

3Housing New Zealand is considering whether to seek the eviction of residents of eleven state houses in a Palmerston North Street occupied by the Mongrel Mob.

4Details of family life have emerged at the trial of the Palmeston North businessman accused of the murders of his wife and daughter. Mark Lundy is on trial in the High Court in Palmeston North, the trial has just completed its second week, and is set down for a further four weeks.

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6The Government department which processes property titles and land information admits a new computer system has meet delays, but denies big property deals are being jeopardised because of it.

7Organisers of tomorrows one day cricket match of between New Zealand and England at Wellingtons Westpac Trust stadium say they are not expecting the same trouble which hit last weekends International Rugby Sevens.

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9The Foreign Minister has named two former High Commissioners to Zimbabwe Chris Laidlaw and Bruce Middleton as New Zealands observers for the Presidential elections there. They will join the Commonwealth observer group for the election next month.

10The Canterbury District Health Bord is once again defending its actions, this time for the way it handled the transfere of mental health patients from its Hillmorton Hospital last December.

11Salvage experts say an attempt to refloat the Jodie F Millenium may now not happen to sometime late next week.

12The free to air network, Prime television, has revealed a new look in an effort to boost its flagging ratings.

13For thousands of woman who suffer from Urinary tract infections, will be relived to hear that fears that there is a growing resistence to the antibiotic used to treat the condition have not been borne out.