1The Prime Minister John Key is telling people not to panic over the latest jump in unemployment which is now at a ten year high. Official figures show that the unemployment rate has jumped from 6.5-percent to 7.3-percent in the three months to December. 18-thousand more people are now looking for jobs, bringing the total number to 168-thousand.

2Anger has spilled over at the funeral of a taxi driver killed over a $15 fare. Hiren Mohini was found dead early Monday morning in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden.

3The Prime Minister John Key has delivered a blunt message to the Maori Party MP Hone Harawira, about making money off the Tino Rangatiratanga flag.

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5There's been a dramatic drop in the number of New Zealanders heading over the ditch to live. Net figures show that the number of people moving from here to Australia has almost halved, from 38-thousand in 2008, to just over 18-thousand last year.

6A Christchurch woman has described the panic that broke out this afternoon at Orana Wildlife Park when three cheetahs escaped from their enclosure.

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8The Prime Minister John Key is telling people not to panic over the latest jump in unemployment which is now at a ten year high. Official figures show that the unemployment rate has jumped from 6.5-percent to 7.3-percent in the three months to December. 18-thousand more people are now looking for jobs, bringing the total number to 168-thousand.

9A man sentenced today for the murder of a young Palmerston North drug dealer whose body has never been located is continuing to protest his innocence. 39-year-old Stephen Hudson was found guilty last year of murdering Nicolas Pike in 2002.

10A New Zealand based group pushing for democracy to be restored in Fiji has welcomed signs of improving relations between the two countries but says the path ahead is fraught with difficulty.

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12Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has pleaded not guilty at his second trial for sodomy.

13Police have recaptured convicted armed robber Kevin Polwart six weeks after he escaped from Auckland Prison at Paremoremo.

14A judge in Sydney has found Internet provider iiNet cannot be held responsible if its users breach copyright laws with illegal downloads.

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16As unemployment soars to 168-thousand, job seekers say the going is getting tougher. Official figures show that the unemployment rate has jumped from 6.5-percent to 7.3-percent in the three months to December - passing the Treasury's worst-case scenario.

17There's been a dramatic drop in the number of New Zealanders heading over the ditch to live. Net figures show that the number of people moving from here to Australia has almost halved, from 38-thousand in 2008, to just over 18-thousand last year.

18A 20-year old who stabbed an Auckland man to death as he walked home from a party in Howick has been sentenced to at least 11 years in prison.

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20More than a thousand Wellington commuters were stuck on trains for more than hour this morning after a driver was taken off his train when he ran through a red light.

21A formerly down-trodden and crime-ridden part of Nelson has under-gone a transformation by being named New Zealand's top community.

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23President of the United States Barak Obama has said he'll be much tougher with China to make sure it opens its market to trade with the United States.

24The Australian government is moving to strengthen the nation's child sex exploitation laws. Until now it hasn't been an offence to be a member of a child pornography network.

25The Otago District Health Board has voted unanimously in favour of merging with its Southland counterpart. During public consultation most Otago staff and public supported the idea, while most Southlanders opposed it.

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27The top United States intelligence analyst in the United States Denis Blair says the country is at risk from a crippling cyber attack.