1A third baby has died in China from drinking milk contaminated with melamine.

2The US Federal Reserve has rescued insurance giant AIG from the brink of bankruptcy with a 130 billion dollar loan.

3Protest at Signing Of Ngati Kahu Deed The Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen had to sprint across a paddock and onto a Northland marae today.

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5Winston Peters is set to re-appear in front of the Privileges Committee tomorrow to give fresh evidence.

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7The nurse's union is embarking on what it describes as a plan to get exhausted and over-worked nurses to say no to overworking.

8Two high profile gangs have now lodged claims with the Waitangi Tribunal, for Treaty breaches at the hands of the Crown.

9A survey by Consumer magazine shows Pak'n'Save in Auckland came fourth cheapest in the survey of 15 house brand products.

10Waatea News. Signing of Ngati Kahu deed today. National's Mangere candidate says he has a strong chance of winning the seat.

11There are reports from Zimbabwe that suggest little may have changed despite the new power sharing deal .

12Roturua is now the town where the most forward rolls were recorded in an hour, anywhere on earth.

13About a thousand mourners gathered in Dunedin today to farewell swimming coach Duncan Laing.

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15The US central bank today announced an unprecedented $130 billion loan to the troubled insurance giant American Insurance Group.

16Police will have stronger powers to search and observe crime suspects under a bill that's been introduced to Parliament today.

17Scientists have found a form of the bird flu H5N1 in New Zealand but say there's no cause for alarm.

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19A battle of experts has played out in the High Court in Wellington today.

20Republican legislators have filed a lawsuit seeking to block investigations of Sarah Palin abusing her power as Governor.

21A Nigerian man with 86 wives has been arrested for refusing to divorce all but four of them.

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23Thousands in the Pacific are suffering from dengue fever and the World Health Organisation says it has become a pandemic.

24The New Zealand Food Safety Authority wants to reduce the number of food borne cases of the gastro-infection Camplylobacter

25Waatea News. One of the people behind Black Power treaty claims says if successful it could end the gang.

26The future of South Africa's president Thabo Mbeki is being discussed this week by the ruling African National Congress.

27In just over an hour's time the New Zealand netball team, the Silver Ferns, will take on Australia in Christchurch.