1Police have launched a nationwide investigation after up to 4-thousand people turned up at a South Auckland Marae in a suspected passport scam. The people were mainly Pacific Islanders who were under the illusion they could get a residency stamp in their passport for $500.

2Police have launched a nationwide investigation after up to 4-thousand people turned up at a South Auckland Marae in a suspected passport scam. The people were mainly Pacific Islanders who were under the illusion they could get a residency stamp in their passport for $500. The Waikato Police are warning immigrants to be wary of the scammers.

3There is alarm today at Child Youth and Family's move to scrap specialist units that work with abused children. This comes as the Department is cutting and reallocating jobs brought on by funding cuts imposed by the National led government.

4There is alarm today at Child Youth and Family's move to scrap specialist units that work with abused children. This comes as the Department is cutting and reallocating jobs brought on by funding cuts imposed by the National led government. Ray Smith is the Chief Executive of Child Youth and Family - he says the specialist social workers are being moved to different areas.

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6Auckland City ratepayers face a 6% rates increase from 2011 to pay for the development of Queens Wharf in time for the Rugby World Cup. City councillors voted for an $84-million development this afternoon.

7United States President, Barack Obama, has laid the foundations for a major overhaul of America's financial system. He's proposing sweeping changes including getting America's central bank to regulate large corporations.

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9A rival with Telecom is furious at a Commerce Commission decision it says has effectively killed off competition in broadband.

10Private prosecutions are being taken against the police and Corrections Department over two high profile cases - one involving convicted murderer Graeme Burton. The Sensible Sentencing Trust is taking legal action under the Public Health Act.

11Claims in the Nai Yin Xue trial that his wife was killed in a sex act gone wrong have been called bizarre, desperate and unfounded by the Crown. 55-year-old Nai Yin Xue is on trial for the murder of his wife in September 2007.

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13The Secondary Principals Association says giving Maori students open entry to university is not the way to tackle Maori underachievement. The Minister of Maori Affairs, and Associate Minster of Education Dr. Pita Sharples has called for Maori to be allowed open-access in to Universities, regardless of the secondary school record.

14Iranian authorities are continuing their crackdown on the media, and the country's Revolutionary Guard has warned it will take action against what it calls deviant news websites.

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16Private prosecutions are being brought against the police and Corrections Department over two high profile cases - one which involves the convicted murderer Graeme Burton. The Sensible Sentencing Trust is taking legal action under the Public Health Act.

17There are fears changes at Child, Youth and Family will lead to vulnerable children being shifted around foster homes with no-one ensuring they're safe. There is alarm today at Child Youth and Family's move to scrap specialist units that work with abused children. This comes as the Department is cutting and reallocating jobs brought on by funding cuts imposed by the National led government.

18There are now ten schools with students who have Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu'.

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20British government minister Kitty Usher has resigned in the continuing row over parliamentary member expenses.

21A former prison chief on trial in Cambodia for crimes against humanity has told the court that Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot personally ordered the killing of four western prisoners - including a New Zealander.

22The Government has introduced a bill amending the timing of the Emissions Trading Scheme relating to forestry. The bill will delay the date for when the industry will have to report 2008 deforestation.

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24The non-profit organisation Parent Centre which runs most childbirth information classes across the country says cutbacks announced in May's Budget could see their services slashed.

25Parliament's Health Select Committee has announced it will undertake its own inquiry into the early detection and treatment of prostate cancer. The Green Party however says this is a dangerous and possibly harmful move.

26Australia's biggest home lender, the Commonwealth Bank, has admitted some responsibility for the billions of dollars lost in one of the largest financial collapses in the country's history.

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