1South Korea to send troops to Iraq despite the broadcast of footage of a businessman taken hostage pleading for his life after his captors threaten to execute him.

2Epileptic man alleges he was kidnapped and held in car boot for seven days.

3Fire at medical waste plant in Auckland.

4Statistics show Asian immigration is down.

5Business News.

6Teenage driver pleads guilty to three charges of manslaughter.

7There is pressure on Medsafe to fastrack approval for new meningitis vaccine with an approaching expiry date.

8Bill Clinton's memoirs are to published this week.

9New coal mine outside Westport given resource approval.

10Court of Appeal rule against Scottish tourists suing the Police.

11Auckland City to protect Parnell mansion. Developers unhappy at precedent and that heritage site inventory has not taken place.

12Australian Anglican priest appears in court on paedophilia charges.