1The Prime Minister John Key has warned Maori at Waitangi that if they take a hardline stance on the foreshore and seabed the existing law could be left in place. Mr. Key was welcomed on to the lower Marae this morning amid tight security with a line of police officers preventing any chance of last year's assault.

2Wellington Police say they would have had to shoot a mentally ill patient who lunged at an officer with a hunting knife today if they hadn't had a taser.

3Two 'pitbull-type' dogs have been shot dead by police in Tauranga after a vicious attack on the owner which has left him with horrific injuries.

4The SPCA is laying charges over the shooting of more than 30-dogs near Wellsford. The animals were killed in front of their owner Rowan Hargreaves who said at the time it was like loosing his family.

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6A man whose money-go-round of fraudulent loan applications left a finance company more than $1-million out of pocket has escaped a prison sentence.

7Hundreds of people paid their respects to musician Pauly Fuemana today - the singer of the international hit song 'How Bizarre', which remains the biggest-selling New Zealand record of all time.

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9Prime Minister John Key has warned Maori against taking a hardline stance on the Foreshore and Seabed Act. He has promised to repeal the Act but only if Maori and the Government can reach an agreement on what should replace it.

10Some cancer patients are facing longer than normal waits for treatment and staff in Wellington and Palmerston North are under stress because of a shortage of cancer specialists.

11Wiliam Stuart who evaded the police for two months, stealing throughout mid-Canterbury to survive, was today sent to jail for more than seven years.

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13With the worst of Cyclone Ollie over for French Polynesia, the focus is going on a cluster of islands expected to be hit by the cyclone's full force.

14The drought in Northland has killed at least seven Kiwi in the last month. The birds including some chicks are dying from dehydration and starvation.

15It is the Year of the Waka at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands. Up to 25-waka are preparing to take to the water tomorrow morning on the 170th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty.

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17The ten American missionaries accused of trying to smuggle 33-children out of earthquake ravaged Haiti have been formally charged with kidnapping and criminal association.

18The Maori Party says it supports the decision to cut funding for a young offenders' pilot programme in Hamiltion, Te Hurihanga, saying it's clearly been too expensive.

19The Government's hopes for an easy consensus on developing Auckland's waterfront for the Rugby World Cup have had a setback with the city's mayor rejecting a $100-million proposal.

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21An Australian court ruling that went against a conglomerate of international film and television studios could have an effect on copyright law in New Zealand.

22New Zealand authorities are investigating reports that companies here may have been targeted in an internet scam involving the European Union's greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme.

23The wife of the Te Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira - says neither her family nor the Maori activist movement has profited from the sale of the tino rangatiratanga flag.

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25Focus on Politics: Political reporter Liz Banas looks at the progress on settling Treaty of Waitangi claims and anticipation around what will happen to the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act.

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