1The country's biggest exporter Fonterra has revealed details today of its second attempt to get farmers to back a new way of raising money to fund the company's expansion and development plans. An earlier attempt to float the company on the stock exchange was rejected with farmers saying they'd settle with nothing that threatened their control.

2The family of Ronald Brown--bashed to death by a banjo after being accused of attempted rape--has delivered angry and emotional statements in court about the defence of provocation. 31-year-old Ferdinand Ambach from Hungary who used the defence to get a reduced manslaughter verdict has been jailed for 12-years for killing Mr. Brown.

3Universities want to make it much harder for prospective students to get into their classes. Vice-chancellors are calling on the New Zealand Qualifications Authority NZQA to make changes to the 'University Entrance' qualification.

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5The Wellington City Council says new earthquake rules for buildings won't be relaxed, despite easing fears of a devastating tremor striking the Capital.

6"Jaws on legs" is how scientists are describing a miniature T-Rex that lived millions of years before its giant ancestor and that's overturned thinking about the way the massive predator evolved.

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8The country's biggest exporter Fonterra has revealed details today of its second attempt to get farmers to back a new way of raising money to fund the company's expansion and development plans. Under the latest proposal farmers would be able to trade shares with each other in a process not as tightly linked to milk production.

9The battle may have been lost, but opponents of a new electricity transmission line, stretching from South Waikato to Auckland, say though they are worn out, they will continue to fight for a just deal with Transpower. The new line will have over 400 pylon towers, some as high as 70-metres.

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11Police on Auckland's North Shore are investigating the aggravated robbery of a hair salon by a man with a sawn-off shotgun who punched one staff member in the neck. Staff and customers at the Rodney Wayne hair salon in Takapuna were confronted by the man last night.

12Myanmar's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is appealing against last month's court ruling ordering her to a further 18-months in home detention.

13Tea parties, picnics, lounge-chairs and ukuleles aren't usually what you'd see taking up parking space in the central city. But tiny pockets of green grass have been popping up where you'd normally expect cars around Wellington and Auckland today.

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15The country's biggest exporter Fonterra has revealed details today of its second attempt to get farmers to back a new way of raising money to fund the company's expansion and development plans. A share offer by Fonterra to dairy farmers could realistically bring in more than $400 million dollars for the cooperative.

16The family of Ronald Brown--bashed to death by a banjo after being accused of attempted rape--has delivered angry and emotional statements in court about the defence of provocation. 31-year-old Ferdinand Ambach from Hungary who used the defence to get a reduced manslaughter verdict has been jailed for 12-years for killing Mr. Brown.

17Police in Indonesia say they will release DNA test results to remove any doubt one of Asia's most wanted militants has been killed.

18Tonga's legislative assembly has dealt a blow to a campaign for increased women's rights. It's chosen not to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, CEDAW.

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20The OECD is warning of a growing jobs crisis in advanced economies. It says the unemployment rate of member countries will reach 10-percent by the end of next year - almost 60-million people out of work.

21People living near Wellington's Moa Point are angry they were not consulted about a plan to install New Zealand's first Cyclotron in their suburb - a machine that creates radio-active particles used to treat cancer.

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23Focus on Politics: The embattled Emissions Trading Scheme law is about to arrive back in Parliament to be debated all over again. With the Maori Party indicating support for the amendments to select committee this week, Labour has been removed from negotiations.

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25The World Food Programme says shortages of funds in Somalia have forced it to close feeding programmes for over 100-thousand acutely malnourished children.

26An Australian government report suggests the practice of after work drinks is costing the country and businesses billions of dollars every year in lost productivity.