1Convicted double murderer Mark Lundy has been given one of the most heaviest prison sentences ever imposed in recent years.

2Anti Prison protestors have demonstrated in a historic hui between the Prime Minister and Northland's Nga Pui in Kikohi today.

3The High Court has imposed an interim ban on the screening of the controversial French film "Bais Moi".

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5In South America the Venezualan Army has rebelled against the President Hugo Chaveares seizing key installations and airports and to prevent him fleeing the country.

6Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff has been meeting with the Cook Islands Prime Minister Minister Dr. Robert Wenton over a proposed trial to inject live pig cells into human beings.

7A scientific breakthrough looks set to revolutionise mussel farming.

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9School support staff will have their criminal record checked from this month onwards in a bid to make schools safer for children.

10The fate of New Zealands bid to co host the Rugby World Cup with Australia will be determined by the International Rugby Board in Dublin next week amid warnings that failure will hurt trans-Tasman relations.

11The National party says the Prime Ministers endorsement of the Greens in Coromandel shows the government is desperate for a new coalition partner.

12An international tobacco company is vowing to appeal against an Australian high court ruling awarding hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Melbourne woman.