1Helen Clark says violence in the Solomon's could escalate once it becomes known that Snyder Rini has been sworn-in as the new Solomon Islands Prime Minister. Also includes discussion of the Indian High Commissioner to New Zealand removal from office.

2Biosecurity New Zealand say illegal pork cutlets have been smuggled here from Korea, and it could spread disease to farmed pigs.

3The initial charge against 38-year old Kenneth Daniel Hawkins has been withdrawn, but he now faces 16 new charges over items found at his home including several drug related charges.

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5An Australian investment company and its director have been fined $24,000 for misleading New Zealand shareholders.

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7More than a thousand of the country's cleaners are the latest group to take action to improve their employment conditions.

8Trade Minister Phil Goff says we have to be realistic about our chances of securing a free trade deal with the US.

9Around 50 people have been evacuated from the Solomon Islands to Australia including Kiwi Glen Turner who says he spent 18 hours fearing for his life.

10Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

11Alcohol, junk food and gambling dominates a third of sport sponsorship for boys and girls aged 5 to 17.

12The National Party says the Government has lost control of its spending, and says it only has itself to blame.

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14An Australian Professor says Solomon's Islands aid isn't focused and land reform is needed to 'grow' the nation.

15Familiar faces in the Bush administration are moving on to new assignments, some of which are outside the White House.

16An 18 year old man has been convicted for stealing seventeen thousand dollars through the internet trading site, TradeMe.

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18The Opposition wants to know why the contractor running Corrections building projects is a former employee who has been paid $2 million over six years despite overseeing a major budget blowout.

19It appears dyslexics try to read with the right side of the brain, while most people use the left side.

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21The New South Wales Government will conduct dioxin level tests for fishermen and families.

22Scientists want clearer health policies on the beneficial effects of the sun - to help people avoid vitamin D deficiency.

23A Wellington Principal claims boys respond better to more traditional methods of assessment.

24Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 80th birthday tomorrow.

25Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including Maori MP Te Ururoa Flavell welcoming Landcorp's backdown on plans to sell land.

26President Bush will be pushing China to raise the value of its currency and to press Iran on its nuclear program during an upcoming meeting.

27A British man's epic quest to walk around the world has pulled up short in Russia's far east.