1A man who sparked a chase in which an innocent man was shot by the police wants to know when the police are going to front up for the killing. Stephen McDonald has pleaded guilty to 23 charges relating to an incident in January where he led police on a high-speed chase around West and Central Auckland. It led to the accidental shooting of Halatau Naitoko by the police.

2The Crown has today rubbished Clayton Weatherston's attempts to discredit the woman he killed. Weatherston denies murdering Sophie Elliot, but has pleaded guilty to her manslaughter, after he stabbed or cut her 216 in her home last January.

3It's been revealed that the clothing manufacturer and retailer Lane Walker Rudkin owes more than $121-million to creditors, with receivers blaming bad management for driving the company into trouble.

4The Government's released a new proposal for dealing with illegal downloading of music and movies, but it could still result in people having their internet access cut off. Minister of Commerce Simon Power today released a three stage proposal that would replace Section 92A of the Copyright Act 1994.

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6The Governor of the Reserve Bank Alan Bollard has warned an early recovery in the domestic housing market could derail a desperately needed increase in savings.

7Fuel prices are falling again with all the major petrol companies have announced a 5-cents a litre drop in petrol prices and 3-cents per litre for diesel, effective from just after lunchtime.

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9Hundreds of non-urgent operations have been deferred in Sydney as intensive care units fill with Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' patients suffering serious lung damage.

10Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) is taking on extra staff in Northland to cope with a sharp and sudden rise in unemployment. The number of people in Northland currently unemployed is 2800 and is predicted to rise.

11A dispute over the final resting place of Tuhoe man James Junior Takamore has been heard today in the High Court in Christchurch.

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13Former Labour MP Taito Phillip Field has told the High Court in Auckland he was unclear about immigration law, despite helping large numbers of people with immigration problems in his electorate office. Field is accused of 35 charges including bribery, corruption and obstruction of justice.

14The Minister of Commerce thinks a legal waiver obtained by the beleaguered finance company ING might not offer protection against future litigation. Simon Power argues that it could be overturned by the courts.

15There are growing fears for the safety of two missing trampers caught up in deteriorating bad weather in the Tararua Ranges.

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17The number of deaths in New Zealand with Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' as a factor has risen by two today to nine. This comes as the World Health Organisation today announced the entire global community will need vaccines.

18The Government says inmate numbers are about to reach an all time high, and it urgently needs to introduce double bunking to ease a growing shortage of prison beds. However, the Corrections Association is saying the Government is using the figures to push through its policy without consideration for staff safety.

19The Principle at Masterton school Rathkeale College at the centre of a fees row is admitting its chairman was wrong to suggest a parent mortgage her house to pay the $1000-a-term donation.

20The budget deficit for the United States has for the first time reached, and exceeded $1-trillion. The budget deficit is the gap between income and spending.

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22Maori leaders say they're expecting a heated debate on which flag could possibly become the "official" Maori flag in the future. The move follows the New Zealand Transport Agency's decision to only allow the New Zealand flag to fly on the Auckland Harbour Bridge on Waitangi Day.

23The scallop season opens tomorrow and commercial fishers are facing another disappointing harvest. A target of 120-tonnes has been set for the main fishing grounds in Nelson and Marlborough.

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25There are reports from China that several more Chinese steel executives have been detained as part of the growing investigation into the case against Australian Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu.

26A video of a British soldier screaming abuse at hooded Iraqi prisoners has been shown on the first day of a public inquiry into the 2003 death of a civilian detainee.

27The US Senate's Judiciary Committee has begun holding hearings into whether Sonia Sotomayor is qualified to serve on the Supreme Court. Nominated by Barak Obama, she will be - if accepted - the first Hispanic person to take up the post.

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29The Pakistani army has a new battle on its hands, persuading the 2-million refugees from the Swat Valley they can go home.

30The former Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu has warned that no so-called wars against terror will be won as long as there are conditions that make people desperate.

31For a fifth time, the launch of the United States space shuttle Endeavour has had to be delayed. Not because of a fuel leak this time, but because of bad weather, again.