113,000 Ford vehicles are being recalled due to a steering fault.

2Auckland Police bust an Asian document fraud operation.

3Department of Internal Affairs official tell Social Services Select Committee about an investigation into groups colluding to defraud a grants scheme.

4Rescue team locates vehicle that crashed into river outside Wanganui.

5Inquest held into the death of a prisoner.

6Business News.

7NSW Police are searching for a meteorite.

8Cancer Society report finds that people don't buy fruit and vegetables as they are too expensive. Supermarkets dispute this.

9Don Brash visits Canberra and tells Australian leaders that National would spend more on defence.

10Group of US diplomats and others criticise the Bush administration's foreign policy. 9/11 Commission reports back and denies any link between Iraq and Al-Qaeda.

11Tongan official maintains she was asked for a pregnancy test ahead of coming to NZ.

12Storm warning issued for northern NZ.