1Gerry Brownlee has formally apologised to Parliament for asking permission to call John Tamihere a "black fella" during debate yesterday.
2Three Maori health providers have withdrawn from the Hawke's Bay region's PHO.
3John Kerry has won the Virginia and Tennessee Democratic presidential primaries. Wesley Clark has withdrawn his candidacy.
4Michael Cullen has tried to talk the NZ dollar down today at a Select Committee hearing.
5Mark Lyon is sentenced to community service for weapons convictions.
6Business News.
7Lawyers are worried that changes to the forensic evidence that ESR provides in cases involving methamphetamine labs may undermine the justice process.
8The Niuean government is defending the time it is taking to decide how to rebuild the island following Cyclone Heta.
9Palmerston North Police indicate they will crack down on illegal drinking in the city centre.
10Chinese student admits killing his ex-girlfriend's new partner but denies killing the ex-girlfriend in a Hamilton court today.
11Hundred of seabirds killed by power boat race off Whangerei. The Department of Conservation is unhappy.
12New NZ record set for holding one's breath underwater.