1He's called New Zealand's Greatest Entertainer. Today Sir Howard Morrison died at his home in Rotorua, aged 74. His career began 50-years ago with the enormously popular Howard Morrison Quartet.

2He's called New Zealand's Greatest Entertainer. Today Sir Howard Morrison died at his home in Rotorua, aged 74. Matthew Farrell was in Sir Howard's hometown of Rotorua, and joins us from outside the Ohinemutu Marae.

3New Zealand joined a staged walkout during the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

4A real estate agent who fought off a violent kidnap attempt says she has no doubt her attacker will reoffend yet again if released from jail. Nigel Whakarau was sentenced again today for the kidnapping of Kelly McIsaac.

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6A Northland hospice has lost a major source of funding because it can no longer sell home-made jam at it's charity shop. Health inspectors have told Gloria Crawford that she needs a license and a special kitchen to continue making the products for Hospice.

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8Tae Won Chung - an international student from Avondale College - who stabbed his Japanese teacher in the back has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and his family's been ordered to pay $10-thousand in reparation.

9A bill that makes significant changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme has passed its first reading in Parliament amid heated exchanges about it's true value and cost.

10The Securities Commission's chairman wants harsher penalties given to fraudsters. The yearly parliamentary review of the commission was held today.

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12An auction of dozens of works from one of the country's most significant artists, Ralph Hotere, has been called off after he raised questions about who owns the the paintings.

13The Christchurch City Council has finally bowed to an Ombudsman ruling and revealed how much it paid for the Ellerslie Flower Show, which it bought in 2007.

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15He's called New Zealand's Greatest Entertainer. Today Sir Howard Morrison died at his home in Rotorua, aged 74. His career began 50-years ago with the enormously popular Howard Morrison Quartet.

16He's called New Zealand's Greatest Entertainer. Today Sir Howard Morrison died at his home in Rotorua, aged 74. His career began 50-years ago with the enormously popular Howard Morrison Quartet. Parliament marked his passing with a moment of silence this afternoon.

17Auckland firm Labtests has bowed to pressure and will pay some doctors to take blood from patients. Labtests has faced criticism about its services after fully taking over testing services from Diagnostic Medlab.

18It's been a tumultuous day for the Canterbury Regional Council - Sir Kerry Burke has been removed as chairperson, and the auditor-general is investigating three councillors. He planned to charge big water uses a water management fee.

19The Australian government looks set to reject Chinese investment in an outback mining operation, after defence officials said the project would threaten national security.

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22Almost two-thirds of New Zealanders believe the average person cannot afford to bring a case to court. That's according to the first comprehensive survey on New Zealand's civil justice system.

23New research in the United States shows energy efficiency is getting cheaper.

24Russia has come closer than ever to the United States' position that Iran should face harsh sanctions unless it makes concessions about it's nuclear programme.

25A year ago it was President Bush delivering his view of the challenges facing the world to the United Nations' General Assembly in New York. He warned the world about the dangers of terrorism. Stark contrast, then, to the pursuit of peace and climate change that were among the top four goals for President Obama in his address.

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