1Israeli man is to be sentenced after receiving the first conviction in NZ for people smuggling charges.

2Tariana Turia has been given less than 24 hours by the Prime Minister to decide whether she with cross the floor on the seabed and foreshore legislation, which would lead to her being stripped of her ministerial portfolios.

3Family of an elderly North Shore woman who was the victim of a violent robbery appeal for information.

4NZ study finds non-smokers who live with smokers face significant increased health risk.

5Disciplinary hearing for a doctor involved in the care of Mark Burton continues in Invercargill.

6Business News.

7NZ health officials clear the way for a type of pain killers to be sold at supermarkets. Australian doctors want the same drug type which is sold in supermarkets in Australia to be pharmacy only.

8Budget advisers warn that the number of loan sharks is increasing and that they are becoming more sophisticated in their marketing.

9Hawke's Bay juice manufacturer fined $35,000 for breaching the Fair Trading Act.

10Parliamentary elections are underway in Indonesia.

1130 killed in violent protests in Iraq. 7 US soldiers killed in Baghdad.

12Auckland City Council unveils $23m plan to transform Queen Street and the CBD.

13Man appears in North Shore court accused of seriously assaulting a Police officer. Comment from the officer.