1The lawyer for Winston Peters, Brian Henry has altered key parts of his story over the Owen Glenn donation.

2A.I.G. Fallout The global financial system came under more pressure today.

3Finance Minister Michael Cullen has used the turmoil in American markets to criticise the credentials of John Key.

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5The Government has accused National of bullying the Auckland District Health Board and says it should apologise.

6Aucklanders appear puzzled by a new logo for the region.

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8A new report says the closure of the Kimberley Centre for the intellectually disabled was far from smooth for its residents.

9Australia's richest politician Malcolm Turnbull is the new leader of the opposition Liberal Party.

10Waatea News. A top Maori police officer says that police should not be armed.

11Mr Pankhurst and Fairfax Media, which publishes the Dominion Post are facing contempt proceedings in the High Court in Wgtn.

12A judge warned a Taranaki farmer he may send him to jail for posting the Prime Minister a threatening letter containing powder.

13The mother of slain police officer Don Wilkinson says she is overwhelmed with emotion and honoured.

14A South Wairarapa land-owner is being prosecuted over the deaths of several hundred endangered eels.

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16Sharemarkets around the world have plunged in the wake of the financial turmoil.

17The Finance Minister Michael Cullen has used the turmoil on American financial markets to criticise John Key.

18Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is demanding a meeting with the country's prime minister.

19There'll be no immediate end to sanctions against Zimbabwe.

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21Imagine being able to search the internet for details of the cemetry plot of family or friends.

22The message that playtime is not just for children has been heard at a conference on recreation being held in Christchurch.

23More than 20 people have been killed during a stampede in Indonesia.

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25Wall Street is going through it's biggest shake-up since the great depression .

26Tomorrow Israel's governing Kadima party will choose a new leader.

27As many as a million Haitians may have been left homeless by a succession of hurricanes.

28New Zealand film maker Peter Jackson is at the helm of a new World War I sound and light show. (

29Waatea News. Manukau City Council to discuss the introduction of Maori seats.

30At least 22 people have been killed by a female suicide bomber in Iraq.

31Pakistan's new president Asif Ali Zardari will meet the British prime minister Gordon Brown later tonight.

32Pink Floyd keyboard player and founding member Richard Wright has died of cancer at the age of 65.