1Just weeks before the Government delivers its first Budget, its books have gone further into the red as the tax-take tumbles. Treasury has warned that tax income will continue to fall as the country feels the full effect of the recession.

2The case of a 92-year-old woman who got a flesh-eating infection because of substandard rest home is not an indication of a wider problem according to an industry spokesman. The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has ctiticised three rest homes over the care given to patients with serious wounds.

3The Maori Party appears determined to push ahead with a visit to Fiji, and send a delegation including MP, Hone Harawira. John Key has prevented both party co-leaders from going saying he'd rather New Zealand speak with "one voice".

4Vodafone says its mobile phone network is being illegally attacked by Telecom, and claims its rival knows full well its causing interference. The company is trying to delay Telecom's launch of its new 'XT' network next week byu seeking an injunction at the High Court.

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6A police photographer has thrown a new theory into the mix on the last day of the Crown case in the David Bain trial. David Bain is being retried for the murders of his parents and three siblings in Dunedin in 1994.

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8The government's plans to rebuild and refurbish state houses in Auckland have been met with scepticism by tenants.

9Customs officials are investigating a shipment of unusable weapons that arrived in Dunedin from China to determine whether to take any legal action.

10A United Nations inquiry is accusing Israel of and recklessness in attacking UN buildings in January conflict.

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12A Wellington jury has heard that a girl who was seriously injured during an attempted exorcism in Lower Hutt didn't believe the accused meant to hurt her. 22-year-old Janet Moses died in October 2007 and nine people are before the court charged with her manslaughter.

13A sweeping review of the way New Zealand highways are paid for is already being watered down by the Minister of Transport.

14Drivers in Bluff are having to dodge a Hooker's sea lion which has taken up residence on the town's main street.

15Gay rights activists in Russia have appealed to President Medvedev to allow the first gay pride march in Moscow next week, after the finals of the Eurovision Song Quest.

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17The number of confirmed cases of Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' has dropped by one, after a glitch in the testing systems that led to a wrongly confirmed diagnosis.

18Leading virologist Dr. Lance Jenning says it will be two or three weeks until experts know the genetic make up of Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' and have a better idea of what it's made of.

19Chairman of United States Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke has told a congressional hearing that subdued economic growth could resume in America later this year though any future shock could dramatically change that outcome.

20The Health and Disability Commission has criticised three resthomes after patients, two of whom later died, weren't properly treated.

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22The Prime Minister says aquaculture could go from making $360 million dollars a year to being a billion dollar business.

23Eight soldiers and a police officer who were convicted of killing a teenager have been released less than two months after they were sentenced to four years in prison.

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25A New Zealand firm has been honoured at the Webby Awards - also known as 'the Oscars of the Internet'. Banking and accounting software Xero won two awards in the Online Banking category.

26Polling day for voters across the European Union zone will be on June the fourth, the same day as local body elections in England.

27The Georgian government claims it was part of a larger plan for a military coup and that Russia was involved. Russia is not happy about the NATO military training happening on its border, let alone in a country is was previously at war with.

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29The Fiji Movement for Democracy is unsure whether a visit from Maori Party representatives would benefit Fiji. The Prime Minister John Key will not allow the Maori Party co-leaders to attend as they're government ministers.