1Stephen McDonald, the man who sparked a police chase through Auckland in which an innocent teenager was shot dead has just been sentenced to 13 years in prison with a minimum non-parole period of eight years. He had pleaded guilty to mostly firearms charges and a police chase that led to the death of Halatau Naitoko.

2The country's due for a $750-million economic boost with the largest exporter Fonterra today announcing a hefty 55-cent increase in the forecast milk payout for famers.

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4Senior Labour MP David Cunliffe has called the Minister of Climate Change Nick Smith a liar as MPs argued over the cost of the Government's emissions trading scheme.

5The uncle of David Bain, Michael Bain has broken his silence in the wake of his nephew's acquittal, saying he and his family are unhappy with the judicial process that saw David Bain walk free.

6The National MP Paul Hutchison has apologised after being caught out for reading behind the wheel while driving on Auckland's motorway.

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8A survey of ten large institutions suggests a year and a half of economic decline is over.

9Lower payments to foreign investors have led to a significant improvement in the country's financial position with the rest of the world. The annual current account deficit fell from 8.9-percent of gross domestic profit 5.9-percent in the three months to June.

10An explosion and fire at a key part of the national power grid has been blamed on an electrical fault. Emergency crews rushed to the Hayward sub-station around midday today.

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12A Taihape District Court has heard that a cow which was impaled on the front fork of a tractor, and which a farmer believed to be dead, was in fact alive and conscious.

13Senior Labour MP David Cunliffe has called the Minister of Climate Change Nick Smith a liar as MPs argued over the cost of the Government's emissions trading scheme.

14Fire crews have been fighting bushfires across Southern Queensland as the region bakes. At least one of the fires on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has been reignited by arsonists.

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16Fonterra's payout boost could mean as much as an extra $70-thousand a year for the average dairy farmer, but according to one industry expert, it won't be enough for those with heavy debt to get back into black.

17A public enquiry is underway into the death of an Iraqi man who was tortured while he was held in British military custody.

18A national restaurant grading system and tougher penalties are part of an overhaul of the Food Act expected to be in place by the beginning of 2011. The new food bill is expected to be introduced into parliament this year.

19Scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division say they've come up with a method of using microbes to remove oil spills.

20The Vikings were fearsome warriors who wore helmets with horns, and roamed the seas off the coast of Britain in medieval times. A new study has found that they considered a trip to Scotland to be a perilous undertaking.

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22A former member of parliament is one of four people accused of being involved in a complex pokie trust fraud. The four are being accused of obtaining documents enabling them to use charitable trust funds for their own benefit.

23It's taken four years and millions of dollars to build - but a special meeting house for Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs will be opened this week.

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25A coroner in Alice Springs has told an inquest "it's unacceptable that in the 21st century, packs of dogs roam the streets, biting, mauling and eating parts of citizens."

26With just three months to go before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the U.N. Secretary General, is using the U.N.'s annual General Assembly to push leaders to "seal the deal."

27Japan's new Prime Minister makes his debut on the international stage later today with his bold plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions. His plans to cut emissions by 25-percent has been slammed by businesses.

28Calls are being made for a much more consistent approach to the rules around so-called freedom camping.

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30The French Formula One team, Renault, has escaped an immediate ban from motor racing despite admitting to what's been labelled the worst single piece of cheating in the sport's history.

31Scientists in Switzerland have been able to make paralysed rats run again.

32The United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Chad has confirmed that efforts are underway to relocate 27-thousand refugees from a camp located dangerously close to the Sudanese border.

33New evidence suggests the global economic downturn has led to the biggest fall in carbon emissions in more than three decades.