1The Government has given up trying to contain the spread of swine flu and health authorities are shifting their focus to those with severe cases only. With confirmed cases of the virus surging in the past week measures to quarantine the virus will be reduced and treatment with Tamiflu curtailed.

2Doctors and business are welcoming the shift towards trying to manage rather than contain the swine flu. Many GPs have been swamped by people wanting testing and treatment, while businesses faced the risk of being shut down and workers placed in quarantine.

3The jury in the Nai Yin Xue murder trial has retired for the night. 55-year-old Nai Yin Xue is charged with murdering his wife An An Liu a few days before abandoning their young daughter in Melbourne.

4The rush to agree an on overhaul for the now publically owned Auckland Queens Wharf today hit a major snag. The Auckland Regional Council says it does not like the upgrade proposal the Auckland City Council is backing, and because it's co-owner it's approval is necessary.

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7Hunters alarmed by a Treaty settlement package in the central North Island say the Crown is being "cavalier" with conservation land. Iwi Ngati Whare today signed a deal that will see joint management of the Whirinaki Forest Park with the Department of Conservation.

8More mass demonstrations are expected in Iran later today but this time it is expected those out on the streets will be government supporters. The supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is expected to address the nation for the first time since last week's disputed election.

9An HIV support group says more complainants may come forward after name suppression lapsed for a man accused of deliberately infecting people. 40-year-old Glen Mills appeared in the Auckland District Court this morning facing fourteen charges related to infecting and exposing people to HIV.

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11The Green Party is calling for New Zealand's roll-out of police tasers to be suspended after the death of a man in Queensland who was tasered up to 28 times.

12An Auckland doctor who sexually assaulted three girls under the age of 12 has been sentenced to prison. 59-year-old Ronald Vautier admitted to sexually assaulting the girls in a Coromandel town more than 20 years ago.

13Health researchers are advocating a smart card to get discounts on milk and other healthy food today after a study showing about three fifths of children do not drink milk daily.

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15The doors have just opened at Christchurch's newest swine flu center. In line with today's move to a management phase of the illness only those with severe symptoms will now be treated.

16The Associate Minister of Health Tariana Turia says Maori are suffering from "institutional racism" in hospitals. New research published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal today suggests Maori receive poorer in-hospital care than non-Maori according to current standards and clinical need.

17The United States' Defence Secretary Robert Gates says the United States has positioned more missile defences around Hawaii in case of a ballistic missile launch by North Korea.

18The police are remaining tight-lipped about what led to the dramatic rescue of a man from mudflats in the Auckland suburb of Paremoremo this morning. The man was winched to safety and airlifted to hospital.

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20Somalia's security minister has been killed in a suicide bomb attack which claimed at least twenty other lives.

21Maritime New Zealand is conducting an extensive review of crew qualifications after the sinking of a fishing boat further out to sea than it should have been.

22Some business owners and pedestrians say the Auckland City Council's plan to merge footpaths and roads will be disastrous for the central city. The shared space concept will be introduced to some city sidestreets over the next five years.

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24Focus on Politics: The debate over whether parents should face criminal charges for using physical force to discipline their children has resurfaced with an imminent referendum sparking heated debate. A 2007 law change removed the defence of using reasonable force for any adult accused for abusing a child.

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