1The government is upgrading its travel advisory to Mexico in response to escalating numbers of deaths from Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' and is introducing new measures for all incoming flights to New Zealand. Today a Northcote College party were cleared of having the virus, though ten Rangitoto College students are in waiting for confirmed results.

2Rangitoto College Principal David Hodge says of the 25 people who went to Mexico on the school trip only 13 were intially tested for flu because they were showing some signs of illness.

3There are growing concerns over Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' testing of Northcote and Rangitoto College students. Julia Peters is the Clinical Director for Auckland Regional Public Health service.

4A woman giving evidence in the David Bain trial has told the Court she saw scratches across his chest and he could not explain how they got there. David Bain is accused of murdering five of his family members but he maintains his innocence.

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6Three Greymouth households are still homeless tonight after last night's sudden floods left some properties knee deep in water.

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8Taxi driver Tony Brosnan has told of how he tried to cut the cab's fuel supply as he was driven around locked in the boot of his car just north of New Plymouth.

9The Minister of Energy, Gerry Brownlee says the failure of one of two Cook Strait power cables last night is alarming. Transpower is working to repair the cable, which went down because of a transformer failure.

10Australia's largest city has been crippled by its third blackout in a month. A cable failure has cut power to around 30,000 households and businesses in Sydney's central business district.

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1215 year old Sophie Rice was one of the Rangitoto College students on the Mexican trip, she does not have Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu', but has been in quarantine since Sunday.

13Prime Minister John Key today has been forced to defend the Government's plans for an Auckland super-city.

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15One more case of possible Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' has been identified among Rangitoto College students who arrived back in New Zealand on Sunday.

16Mark Baddeley, a passenger on the same flight as the Rangitoto College students has put himself in to voluntary quarantine after testing positive for Influenza A.

17Medsafe doesn't think Tamiflu will be stockpiled when it goes on sale as an over-the-counter medicine. The anti-viral drug is available over the counter every flu season.

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19Police in Fiji say investigations are continuing into anti-government leaflets that were circulated in rural areas. A number of men have been arrested including one well-known nationalist politician.

20Some of the country's biggest companies are speaking out against proposed changes to the Resource Management Act saying they've cast the net to wide. The Local Government and Environment committee has been consulting in Auckland. Among those concerned are Progressive Enterprises and Trustpower.

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22Major New Zealand clothing manufacturer, Lane Walker Rudkin Industries, has been placed in receivership. BDO Spicers has been appointed receivers and managers and says the company's operations are currently unprofitable.

23A conference in Auckland has heard warnings that plans for a 'super' city are moving too fast, and that the new mayor needs to have far greater powers. An auidence of mainly local government officals and politicans listened to calls for further changes to what will be the biggest change to local government structures in New Zealand's history.

24Peace talks between the Pakistani government and Taliban militants in the north of the country have been suspended because of new fighting.

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26Mexico's Minister of Health has announced the number of "probable" deaths from Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' has risen from 149 to 152.

27Around 200 teaching staff from the Manukau Institute of Technology walked off the job this morning to protest outside their workplace.