1The trial of Michael Scott Wallace began today. Wallace is charged with murdering and kidnapping 28-year-old Birgit Brauer at Lucy's Gully in Taranaki.

2An Auckland resthome has been closed down by the Ministry of Health for putting residents at significant risk.

3Housing New Zealand has called in the Auditor-General to investigate a gagging order on a former contractor

4Up to 50 people, some on horseback, have spent the day searching the Buller coastline for signs of a 15-year-old boy.

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6There's more evidence that the astonishing housing boom of the past three years appears to be slowly coming to a halt.

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8Police in Canada are searching for clues at a farmhouse owned by one of the most feared members of biker gangs in Ontario.

9The Mayor of Hamilton says there's no need for a knee jerk reaction to a brawl in the CBD in the early hours of yesterday morning.

10The National Party says the Government's new water strategy is full of waffle and lacking action.

11Falun Gong members are seeking to serve documents against visiting Chinese officials.

12The Bush administration is playing down reports that the Pentagon is planning for possible military strikes in Iran.

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14An Auckland resthome has been closed down by the Ministry of Health for putting residents at significant risk. The Ministry has found serious breaches, including patients being left in pain and a lack of registered nurses.

15The Prostitutes Collective hopes a long prison sentence will send a strong message about violence towards sex workers.

16Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including the Child in Poverty action group claiming that the Working For Families package will not help many who need the most help.

17The enquiry continues into The Australian Wheatboard's alleged 'kickbacks' scandal.

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19Police bosses are defending the move to recruit another round of officers from the United Kingdom.

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21The Green Party's accusing an Australian supermarket chain of predatory behaviour.

22A former army commander who led a failed coup in 2000 holds a narrow lead in Peru's presidential election.

23News from the United Kingdom, including British Foreign Secretary dismissing claims that the US is planning military strikes on Iran; no further cases of Birdflu in the United Kingdom; and the tabloid reaction to Prince Harry going to a strip club.

24Housing Minister Chris Carter announced today that the Auditor-General will investigate in a Housing New Zealand Inquiry instead of Ernst and Young.

25Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including arguments over Maori seats on regional councils.

26Jakarta is unhappy with the Australian Government after it gave temporary protection to 42 people from Indonesian Papua.