1The hunt continues to find the kidnapper of 'baby Kahu.'

2NZ Post is hitting back at its critics, saying MPs' ongoing criticisms of its operations has been damaging.

3US secretary of state meeting one last time with Yassir Arafat before returning to Washington.

4Business News.

5Custms officials believe they have cracked an illegal immigration scam involving bogus shipping movements.

6Home buyers and other borrowers face further interest rate rises.

7Education Minister, Trevor Mallard says he did not look far enough into Cathy Irwin's credentials to chair the teachers council twwo months before sacking her.

8News and Sport.

9An agricultural herbicide which in overseas studies has been found to change the sex of frogs has been found used in NZ despite requests that it be banned.

10An Auckland man wants stricter controls on a common acne drug that he says contributed to the suicide of his son.

11Police and doctors hope that outlawing the 'phantasy' range of drugs will slash their use and highlight their danger.

12The trial of the man accused of murdering a Christchurch hitchhiker is in its last few days.

13The British airline magnate, Sir Richard Branson is promising Nzers that his cut price airline will be bringing cheap airfares to transtasman air routes but not immediately.