1The bodies of Te Papa chief executive Seddon Bennington and his tramping companion have been found in a treacherous part of the Tararua Ranges near Wellington - just a kilometre from the hut they were heading for.

2Marine farming company New Zealand King Salmon has today been ordered to pay fines and reparation totalling $266-thousand over a collision in the Marlborough Sounds, which killed two workers.

3The Prime Minister has outlined his Government's main economic policy drivers, singling out poor growth in productivity as the number one problem. Speaking to Wellington business audience this morning, John Key explained that the recession is only a temporary point in time and that the New Zealand economy has structural problems that need to be dealt with.

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5New Zealand First is admitting to past mistake. In an attempt to revive the Party's fortunes, Winston Peters has sent out a written apology to party members.

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7A psychiatrist has told the court that murder-accused Clayton Weatherston was not suffering from a disease of the mind when he stabbed his ex-girlfriend. Weatherston denies murdering Sophie Elliot, but has pleaded guilty to her manslaughter, after he stabbed or cut her 216 in her home last January.

8A Te Papa spokesperson says staff are in shock after being told their chief executive was found dead in the Tararua Ranges. Seddon Bennington and his tramping companion were found in a treacherous part of the Ranges - just a kilometre from the hut they were heading for.

9An academic think-tank says the government needs to let more low skilled workers move permanently to New Zealand to look after ageing baby boomers.

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11One of New Zealand's biggest unions says nationwide industrial action is likely to involve a high level of disruption by workers who repair and install telephone lines and other equipment in Auckland and Northland. A battle is shaping up between 900 workers who repair and maintain broadband and phone lines and Australian company Visionstream which has just won a ten year billion dollar maintenance contract with Telecom.

12The Prime Minister John Key has put New Zealand in the third division of world economies ranking it alongside basket cases such as Greece. Speaking to a business audience in Wellington, Mr. Key outlined six policies that he claims will pull New Zealand back up economic league tables.

13The High Court judge in a civil hearing over the burial place of Christchurch man James Junior Takamore says it's a particularly difficult case.

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15The bodies of Te Papa's chief executive Seddon Bennington and his tramping companion Marcella Jackson have been airlifted out of the Tararua Ranges. The were found in a treacherous part of the Ranges - just a kilometre from the hut they were heading for.

16The Crown has accused Taito Phillip Field of concealing the real cost of the work Thai immigrants carried out on his rental homes and of also using the workers to increase the value of those houses. The former MP is accused with 35 charges including bribery, corruption and obstruction of justice.

17New Zealand needs more low skilled immigrants to look after the growing number of elderly in rest homes. Victoria University of Wellington's Institute of Policy Studies says New Zealand will need over 48-thousand care givers by 2037.

18Two Australian entrepreneurs who laundered millions of dollars through New Zealand banks are to pay the Australian Tax Office over $40-million NZ in penalties.

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20A court has heard that two New Zealanders charged with murder on the Gold Coast encouraged their co-accused, Australian Dustin Johnston, to take part in the robbery.

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22News from China, including: Al Qaeda threats; Rio Tinto; miners trapped in mine for 25-days;

23Fresh details have emerged of a highly secret plan by America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to assassinate members of Al Qaeda in the years following the September 11 attacks.

24Try not to run over the world's smallest penguin! Drivers on Wellington's coastal roads are being warned to look out for little Blue Penguins after three were hit over the weekend.

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26Researchers studying the history of flu viruses have discovered that the three major pandemics of the twentieth century emerged over a longer period of time than previously thought.

27The market town of Wootton Bassett in England has become the focus of national grieving for British soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

28In Iraq after six tumultuous years since the country was first invaded, dramatic improvements in the country's security appear to be taking shape.