1Two New Zealand police officers are due to arrive in the Soloman Islands capital Honiara to help in the hunt of the killers of New Zealand diplomat Bridget Nicols.

2The proposed free trade agreement with Hong Kong is hanging in the balance.

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4In the Lundy double murder trial, Mark Lundy has continued giving evidence, in which he denied that he stood over his wife with a tomahawke and killed her.

5Queenstown business and community leaders have been meeting to try and find a solution in what is being called an accomodation crisis in the tourist resort.

6The Government has backed down on a decision to cancel of the contracts of 8 of the 15 homecare providers in the lower North Island.

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8The Alliance dispute is simmering again after the Alliances leader Jim Anderton wrote to party members admonishing opponents and asking Alliance faithful to indicate who they support.

9The US Vice President Dick Chainey will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as violence continues to esculate between Israelis and Palestinians.

10Mounting tension between deer poachers and land owners in the Uwarewa Ranges has seen police issue a warning to helicopter pilots to stay out of a valley they say has been turned into a dealth trap.

11Youth law specialists are reacting cautiously to call for law changed to allow under 14 year olds to be charged with a wider range of serious crime.

12Christchurch City Councils proposal to make residents pay for their own rubbish bags is sparking fears that the move could see illegal dumping of household waste.