1The former Internal Security Minister in East Timor says if the government is overthrown, there'll be a bloodbath in Dili far worse than anything seen so far.

2Some of the country's biggest companies - State Owned Enterprises - are being told to expand and diversify to help promote economic growth.

3The police have charged two people with breaching suppression orders in the police rape case involving Louise Nicholas.

4Traffic this evening is worse than usual, even for a long weekend, following a number of crashes on the Southern Motorway.

5Aviation businesses at one of the country's busiest regional airports - Taupo Airport - are rubbishing claims that it's unsafe.

6Business News.

7Offers for the handbag on TradeMe used by Tana Umaga to clout a badly behaved team-mate have reached over seven thousand dollars.

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9The Australian euthanasia campaigner, Doctor Philip Nitschke, will not be prosecuted for workshops he held in New Zealand.

10The National Party claims that a Nelson-based polytechnic has rorted the system to get $5 Million worth of Government funding.

11NZ Post has bungled a new series of Maori Performing Arts stamps, with enraged kapa haka performers saying they're offensive.

12Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

13Proposed plans to widen a major Auckland arterial route are leaving some residents facing eviction.

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15There's no end in sight for the thousands of refugees in East Timor.

16Employers say it's still tough to find workers even though statistics show skill shortages are easing.

17A Christchurch couple has escaped a jail term for stealing three rare geckos and instead will do 250 hours community service.

18Workers at the Beaconsfield mine in Tasmania have been asked to consider voluntary redundancy.

19Business News.

20A sniper who randomly gunned down ten people in the US has been sentenced to six consecutive life terms.

21The Pentagon has confirmed it is investigating a second alleged massacre by United States troops in Iraq.

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23Focus On Politics: Corin Dann looks into why the Government has decided to make 'national identity' one of its core priorities for the term.

24Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

25The death toll from last weekend's quake in Indonesia has risen well above 6000.

26UN is warning that the financial sanctions imposed on Hamas have led to a desperate humanitarian crisis.