1Thousands of people have celebrated the life of Sir Howard Morrison at his funeral in Rotorua. It's brought to close a 5-day tangi for a man who has been called New Zealand's greatest entertainer.

2The son of an elderly man who died following a road rage attack says his killer has got off too lightly. 78-year-old Auckland man Jasmatbhai Patel, who was critically injured during an apparent road rage attack died in hospital. His attacker Bio O'Brien was sentenced to 3-years in prison today.

3The Ministry of Agriculture and Foresty admits it should have acted sooner when told there were more than a hundred starving calves on dairy farm owned by the Crafar family.

4Police are still on the hunt for a dangerous criminal who escaped Waikeria Prison near Te Awamutu this morning. 43-year-old William Katipa has a long history of sexual attacks and violence.

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670-jobs are being dissolved at Solid Energy's Stockton coal mine. The state owned company is blaming the cuts on declining international demand for coal, and a drop in prices.

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8Farmers are taking a wait and see approach to the government's plans to bring broadband internet to the countryside saying there are still a number of unanswered questions. $300-million will be invested over the next six years from a mixture of government and industry funding.

9The government has increased the commercial fishing limit for hoki for the first time in 13-years, despite recent questions about its sustainability. The total allowable catch is now 110-thousand tonnes, a 20-thousand tonne increase.

10The Wellington Rugby Union will aggressively target ticket profiteers, trying to on-sell tickets to the rugby sevens tournament in February next year.

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12Some economists are picking a shortage of new houses could help to boost the recovery in house prices over the next year. The prediction comes as Statistics New Zealand released figures show that the number of building consents has risen for the fourth consecutive quarter.

13A Sydney hospital where a body was left to decompose in a room for four days says human error was to blame.

14A light plane has crashed on Great Barrier Island, injuring a pilot and a passenger. The Great Barrier Airlines flight was on its way from the island to Auckland when it crashed in to a swamp near the runway.

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16Thousands of people have celebrated the life of Sir Howard Morrison at his funeral in Rotorua. It's brought to close a 5-day tangi for a man who has been called New Zealand's greatest entertainer.

17Waikato Police are still searching for an escaped inmate they say is dangerous and should not be approached. 43-year-old William Katipa has a long history of sexual attacks and violence.

18The Government says a shakeup in the funding for rural broadband is required if it's to achieve its target of rolling out faster internet across the country in the next six years.

19Being holed up in an embassy in Honduras hasn't stopped its ousted president from speaking to the United Nations General Assembly. Manuel Zelaya phoned in a speech from his foreign minister's Blackberry.

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21School support staff dressed in the Minister of Education's favourite colour and got praise for choosing pink. Anne Tolley also praised their work but made it clear at an education conference in Wellington today that there would not be pay rises for any school general staff.

22Plans to enlarge a shopping mall in the Wellington suburb of Johnsonville have been approved by the City Council, despite estimates the development will cause retailers in the capital to lose millions of dollars.

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24In the Philippines nearly 400-thousand people have taken shelter in evacuation camps after tropical storm Ketsana sparked the country's worst flooding in four decades. Nearly 250-people have died, with the number expected to rise.

25Western powers have condemned Iran for test firing its most advanced long range missiles, with the United States calling the move "provocative". The UK says the test shouldn't detract from talks with Iran surrounding its nuclear policy later this week.

26KiwiRail says it can't rule out closing under-used lines to save money, as it faces the prospect of its $90-million government subsidy being scrapped. The state-owned rail company is also working on ways to make their services more attractive to freight carriers.

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28The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has outlined plans to form a swift coalition with the Free Democrats, the FDP after her victory in Sunday's general election.

29In his first speech in the United States as Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on Americans to set aside any doubts about the commitment of other NATO members to the war in Afghanistan.

30In Australia, the Victorian government is under fire from gay and lesbian groups as well as civil libertarians after it proposed changes to the Australian state's discrimination laws. If changes were to go ahead employers would be able to deny employment based on sexuality or religious belief.

31More than 20-people have been hospitalised in western Turkey after a van carrying beehives hit a truck.