1Five airline passengers in transit at Auckland International Airport are in Middlemore Hospital tonight with suspected Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu'. Only one of them has a case serious enough to warrant hospitalisation, the others are in isolation and are being treated with Tamiflu.

2Principal of Rangitoto College, David Hodge, says he's been receiving nasty emails blaming the school for bringing Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' into the country. On the contrary, the Auckland Public Health Service says the school should be praised for being cooperative.

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4One of David Bain's uncles giving evidence in his nephew's retrial, and has told the court that he talked to Mr. Bain about who might have committed the killing. David Bain is accused of murdering five of his family members but he maintains his innocence.

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6There's been a dramatic turnaround in business confidence with the latest National Bank survey showing the greatest increase in almost a decade.

7The Labour Party has used Question Time in Parliament to accuse National of breaking key election promises in government. The Prime Minister is defending the government's leadership and says it's showing sound economic policy in time of recession.

8Boyracers, barking dogs, car alarms and snoring have topped the list of New Zealand's most annoying noises.

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10The coroner's court in Queenstown has heard how an Israeli woman became hopelessly lost in bush before falling to her death.

11Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has been given a formal Maori welcome in New York where she has started her new job as head of the United Nations Development Programme.

12Prime Minister John Key has opened a controversial wind farm at Makara on Wellington's south-west coast. Residents are furious with the launch when the Environment Court has not yet head all their objections to the project.

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14As the number of cases of suspected Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' are expected to incline, the government has invoked emergency powers to deal with the flu outbreak.

15Australia has approved tough new powers to detain people suspected of carrying Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' if the crisis escalates. The Federal Government is spreading health declaration forms to all incoming passengers.

1685-year-old man Louis Watts who was viciously attacked at a retirement village says he's relieved an arrest has been made in relation to the attack.

17Former Minister of Finance Michael Cullen has given his last speech to Parliament, almost 28 years after he was first elected as an MP.

18The Minister of Education is holding out little hope to tertiary education providers regarding extra money in next month's budget. Anne Tolley delivered a strong message to sector representatives in Wellington this afternoon that money is tight.

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20Business New Zealand says it expects more manufacturing firms to fold as the sector faces unprecedented tough times. The clothing manufacturer Lane Walker Rudkin Industries went into receivership yesterday leaving 470 workers in New Zealand and Australia uncertain about their future.

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22News from China, including: Chinese President Hu Jintao ordered the country to step up inspection and quarantine measures to prevent Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu'; mysterous fruit from China being sold in Iran;

23President of the United States Barack Obama has completed 100 days in the oval office. It's a benchmark that many analysts use as the first opportunity to assess a new president.

24The British government is to review all the evidence about a mass-killing of civilians by British soldiers in Malaysia 60 years ago.

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26The Police have released details of a new investigation unit dedicated to hunting down online child sex offenders. Th unit was one of many initiaves discussed at an Internet safety conference in Auckland.

27A petition calling for a commuter train system to be re-established in Dunedin has been presented to the Otago Regional Council. It asks the Council to undertake a feasibility study in to the idea.

28Parliament has been told it will be disregarding young peoples' rights if it sends 12 year old offenders to the Youth Court.