1The former cabinet ministers Sir Douglas Graham and Bill Jefferies have been charged with misleading investors, following the collapse of Lombard Finance.

2The Washington summit on nuclear security has opened with dire warnings about the consequences if nuclear weapons fall into the hands of terrorists.

3Reducing long term welfare dependency is the main aim of a Welfare Review Group set up by the Government which could lead to an overhaul of the benefit system.

4The Crown says a woman killed in a hit-and-run in a South Auckland mall was the victim of a group of thieves circling the carpark waiting to strike.

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6The Waikato District Council says it is too early to say whether it will rebuild what's described as Raglan's social hub, after a devastating fire this morning.

7A rise in electronic spending last month has contributed to the biggest annual increase in putting-it-on-the-plastic in five years.

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9Waikato farmers hit by drought are being told to swallow their pride and ask for help before their situation gets worse.

10The union representing pilots says extra monitoring for drug and alcohol problems among pilots is unnecessary. Random checks for criminal convictions are to be introduced for pilots.

11A rugby player from the 1956 New Zealand Maori team says the side was told to throw its match against the Springboks.

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13Poland is now in a period of official mourning following a plane crash which killed dozens of senior officials.

14The Wellington City Council has been fined $110-thousand after a council employee died in what's been described as a preventable accident at the city's landfill.

15A Spanish footwear company is stumping up tens of millions of dollars for Team New Zealand to take part in next year's Volvo Ocean Race.

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17Prime Minister John Key says a high profile disagreement with US Senators over New Zealand's dairy industry is not an insurmountable problem.

18A massive blaze at Raglan Wharf early this morning has destroyed a building and cost the small town about 20-jobs.

19After a slow start to the year, shoppers burst out of the blocks last month. Retail spending over electronic transactions went up for the first time in 2010.

20The Christchurch police want to hear from anyone who knows anything about an attack on a taxi driver which caused him to crash.

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22Waikato farmers are being told to swallow their pride and ask for help after the region was declared to be in a drought last week.

23Indonesian police say the half a dozen men they arrested at the weekend are militants with suspected links to a new terror group.

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25As a summit of world leaders begins in Washington, a prominent United States physicist is warning that an Australian invention poses a significant threat to nuclear security.

26The deputy chair of the Canterbury Regional Council, Jo Kane, and the former chairman, Sir Kerry Burke, have fired a parting shot at the government for sacking the council.

27The multinational Unilever - which produces everything from soup to soap - has committed to using only certified sustainable palm oil within five years.

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29Britain's governing Labour party is pledging to reform the country's political system and public service.

30Human rights advocates say many abuses that occurred during Fiji's recent coups may go unpunished now a decree has granted immunity from prosecution to those involved.

31The number of women dying during pregnancy or childbirth has fallen substantially according to new research published in 'The Lancet' medical journal.

32Anti-bullying programmes are under threat with some groups saying they're unable to provide services to schools due to recent Government funding cuts.