1Prime Minister Helen Clark says that New Zealand will take individual action on Zimbabwe if Commonwealth countires fail to do agree on action plan. At CHOGM in Queensland member nations have reached an impass over what action to take against Zimbabwe in the lead up to the contravesial election.

2Emergency services in Auckland are extremely worried about the theft of dangerous chemical that can kill on contact.

3It has been a gruelling day for jurors in the High Court in Palmeston North, with an ESR scientists have been giving graphic details of the scene of the double killing.

4Business News.

5Cook Islands politicians who want to approve a contraversial medical trial banned in this country have warned New Zealand health officials to back off.

6The Government has been quick to dismiss reports that it has agreed to take 200 refugees from Indonesia.

7News and Sport.

8The remaining 3,000 Ansett workers in Australia will be unemployed as of tomorrow as the airline wind up its operations and prepares to sell off its assets.

9Charities are cautiously welcoming changes which will allow them to keep their tax free status. A charities commission will be responsible for putting a fence around genuine charities making sure that others are keep out.

10Ruselle Crowes foul mouth and boorish behaviour has probably cost him this years Oscar for Best Actor.

11Bomb disposal experts have disarmed what police have described as a suspicious looking device in a Manuwera shopping mall.

12A row has broken out over the commercial collection of rocks from Westcoast beaches.

13An exhibition tracing early historical links between New Zealand and Tonga has opened in Auckland.