1The Police have found ammunition they say may be connected with the killing of the Hawke's Bay farmer, Jack Nicholas.

2Michael Scott Wallace gave evidence today in court in the trial of the murder of German backpacker Birgitt Brauer.

3Australian Prime Minister John Howard spent just under an hour today before the Cole Inquiry into allegations the Australian Wheat Board paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein.

4Police have re-opened the file on a murder case that started 26 years ago.

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6A lawyer is questioning the independence of a Government study into a code-share agreement between the two major trans-Tasman airlines, Air New Zealand and Qantas.

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8There'll be no bar-hopping in central Christchurch during the small hours this weekend .

9Police have revealed more details of a firearms raid on a Christchurch house.

10An internet watchdog is accusing Trade Me of trying to underplay problems with scams.

11A former school Principal Genevieve Doherty has admitted 6 charges of forgery after making up 24 so-called "ghost students" in order to get more Government funding for her school.

12Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

13The economic doom merchants have had something of a knockback today with the prospects of a recession now looking more unlikely.

14Meridian Energy could be facing yet another battle over water rights to the Waitaki River.

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16Australia has just announced a new immigration regime that will see asylum seekers have their applications processed off shore.

17The chief of the UN's nuclear watchdog has arrived in Tehran, for talks aimed at defusing the international stand-off over Iran's nuclear activities.

18Cockpit recordings have been played to the jury in the Zacarias Moussaoui case.

19Retailers in Wanaka have vowed to keep their stores open despite Easter Trading laws.

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21A nineteenth century Maori cloak has sold for a record price at auction.

22In a bid to sell itself to China's growing internet users, the giant global search engine, Google, has unveiled it's Chinese name.

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24Focus on Politics: Tight numbers in the House are making for some fascinating votes on legislation put up by individual MPs.

25Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

26NASA is going to crash a spacecraft into the moon at more than 9 thousand kilometres an hour to see if there's water on it.

27A group of European Union Parliamentarians on a visit to Gaza has called on the EU to reverse its policies and engage in dialogue with the new Hamas-led Palestinian Government.