1The New Zealand sharemarket has recorded it's biggest slide in seven years.

2The latest development in the New Zealand First donations row.

3Medsafe is considering whether to follow US authorites and ban imports of some Indian manufactured medicines.

4The Chinese government has denounced its dairy industry as chaotic.

5Business News

6Mourners at the funeral of Sergeant Don Wilkinson have spoken today of the need to fight the scourge of methamphetamine.

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8The Reserve Bank Governor should have more power to control inflation.

9Medical students are welcoming a National Party policy which would introduce a voluntary bonding scheme for graduates

10Waatea News. Former chief judge of Maori land court to head to position into the High Court.

11The National Party leader John Key has labelled comments made by the Prime Minsiter on Iraq, as desperate and hysterical.

12They've dug up a skeleton believed to be that of a man who was one of Britain's earliest TB victims .

13What looks like a dictionary, works like a dictionary - but is not a dictionary?

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15With Wall Street in a freefall today market strategists are trying to predict when and where the next crisis will emerge.

16The spectre of big business is looming over some of Auckland City's key public assets and services.

17Anger is growing among families in China as the toxic milk scandal triggers more arrests and sackings.

18The Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has declared victory in the race to succeed Ehud Olmert as the country's next PM.

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20Cadbury Schweppes cuts Products The company says sales have decreased significantly, and it's no longer viable to keep manufacturing the products.

21The Department of Conservation is being criticised by a marketing expert.

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23Fairfax Media's lawyers are defending the company's decision to publish extracts from police surveillance information.

24Chinese officials continue to deal with the aftermath of more than 6000 babies falling ill and two dying.

25Yemen Bombing America says the attack has stiffened its resolve to fight terrorism and has laid the blame on al-qaeda.

26Waatea News. Ngati Kahu agreement signed yesterday. Dover Samuels say there needs to be more information on when claims will be heard.

27The British government's ordered a review of intelligence it gathered in the run-up to a deadly bomb attack in North Ireland.

28Rising food prices and reliance on imported foods has forced people living in Pacific countries to rethink thier lifestyle.

29The BBC's arts correspondent Lawrence Pollard looks at the world of literary sequels.