1Another Solomon Islands Opposition Politician has been arrested in the capital Honiara.

2American officials say a recorded message attributed to Osama bin Laden is genuine.

3A missing diver - Stuart Grenside - has been plucked from the water by the fishing boat, The Winbill.

4Specialists are defending a Nelson Hospital during the inquest into the death of a child, but the parents say more should have been done.

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6The Law Commission says the current system of parole 'borders on deception' and has lost credibility with the public.

7At least thirty-five people have been injured during the latest clashes in the Nepalese capital.

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9Police in Solomon Islands have today arrested and charged another MP suspected of inciting last week's violence.

10Australia's most senior diplomat is in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, to try to ease tensions over the granting of Asylum to a group of Papuans.

11Cyclone Monica is packing winds of up to 350 kilometres per hour and could be the most severe tropical cyclone ever seen in Australia.

12Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including a Maori Historian saying that Maori TV's plans to do all day coverage of ANZAC Day shows a lack of respect for Maori history. Also, Nandor Tanczos is to stand for the role of Co-Leader in The Green Party and suggested he would be eager to work more closely with The Maori Party.

13Some of the few remaining members of the 20th Battalion and Armoured Regiment have gathered in Christchurch for their final reunion.

14The infamous bra fence in Queenstown has long been the centre of controversy.

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16Child Youth and Family denies that morale is a problem at the department.

17The Families Commission wants more support for new parents, including an increase in the level of child support payments.

18The Forestry Industry is pushing for a carbon market to be set up.

19One Tauranga rugby club has banned its players from drinking after Saturday games.

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21Supporters of a coastal park on Auckland's North Shore say they will fight council plans.

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23Prime Minister Tony Blair says he wants to "harry, hassle and hound" criminals into giving up or leaving Britain.

24A major new development planned for part of Northland's pristine coastline could decimate the country's most endangered bird.

25An African Union delegation has arrived in Chad, to investigate charges that Sudan backed last week's rebel attack.

261100 Palmerston North patients waiting to see a specialist have been cut from the list.

27Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including University of Auckland's Raymond Miller saying Maori are currently well served by politicians.

28China's president, Hu Jintao, is in Saudi Arabia for a landmark state visit.