1More than 150 Australian troops and police are on there way to Solomon Islands to help restore law and order.

2The Consumer Price Index rose to 3.4 per cent in the year to March, mainly driven by petrol price hikes.

3The Auckland Regional Transport Authority has launched a new program aiming to double the use of public transport.

4Business News.

5Two Chinese nationals made a brief appearance in the Auckland District court today in relation to the Body in the Suitcase killing.

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7Bay of Islands oyster farmers are calling on the Minister for the Environment to come to Northland to see for himself the damage caused by a massive sewerage spill four years ago.

8Michael Scott Wallace - the man police say killed the German backpacker Birgit Brauer - is to stand trial.

9St John Ambulance communications staff forgot to notify the fire service to a car crash which resulted in a 17 minute delay. There are claims this is not an isolated case, and calls for an inquiry.

10Prime Minister Helen Clark comments on the New Zealand Government's action in regards to the riots in the Solomon Islands.

11Just how private is patient data? That's the question health groups are asking.

12The Government's been called to account for failing to help improve the achievements of boys at schools.

13Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including the Maori Fisheries Commissioner saying Maori do not support commercial whaling but do support sustainable, non-commercial, traditional whaling.

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15Nearly two hundred Australian soldiers and federal police are on their way to Solomon Islands to join 150 already there.

16America's embattled Defence Secretary has been hitting back at critics who argue he should resign.

17Internet New Zealand says dial up internet connections continue to grow while broadband connections languish.

18Business News.

19Fire-fighters and St John are being forced to find ways to cover the growing cost of fuel without cutting life saving services.

20Toll wants to sell two of its South Island passenger train services.

21Scientists and health experts say there is a decrease in ozone depleting emissions in the atmosphere.

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23Two apprentice jockeys have been suspended by racing officials for text bullying.

24Only a handful of survivors of the earthquake which struck San Francisco exactly a hundred years ago are still alive today.

25New Zealand is being asked to adopt US style one-stop-shops to assist the victims of family violence.

26Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including continuing controversy over Maori seats on Manukau's Council only being contestable by those on the Maori Electoral Roll.

27Australian Prime Minister John Howard says the last thing he would want is a fragmentation of Indonesia.

28A Danish company has come up with an unexpected approach to deal with landmines.