1The private sector is to build and run the country's newest prison. The Government this afternoon announced plans for the one-thousand bed facility to be built in Wiri, South Auckland.

2The Securities Commission member David Jackson has resigned following news he faces court action over his role as director of a listed company.

3Two historic cargo sheds on Auckland's Queens Wharf are to be demolished and a marquee style party venue can be built for next year's Rugby World Cup.

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5The Prime Minister John Key says the United Nations' nuclear watchdog is likely to play a crucial and expanded role in securing nuclear materials around the world.

6The Maori Party MP, Hone Harawira, is backing a call to have a tidal energy project planned for the Kaipara Harbour put on hold.

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8The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found the actions of Senior Police Officer Graham Thomas who refused a breath test after reports he'd been drink-driving, amounted to misconduct.

9Chinese owned company - Natural Dairy New Zealand - is seeking to buy 24 central North Island dairy farms has also got its eye on a significant number of properties further afield - including in the South Island.

10The government's overhaul of the governing bodies of the nation's 20-polytechnics began today. Minister of Tertiary Education Steven Joyce today named 78-people as his appointees to the Polytechnic's Councils.

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12Mayors on the West Coast say they're determined to cash in on the Rugby World Cup, even though there are no games or teams assigned to the region.

13Pope Benedict's number two at the Vatican has attempted to defuse the clerical sex abuse scandal afflicting the Catholic Church by saying there's a link between homosexuality and paedophilia.

14More now on President Obama's declaration the world is now more secure from the threat of nuclear terrorism with several leaders agreeing to relinquish their highly enriched uranium.

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16An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the richter scale has left at least 300-people dead and more than eight thousand injured in northwestern China's remote Qinghai province.

17The private sector is to build and run the country's newest prison. The Government this afternoon announced plans for the one-thousand bed facility to be built in Wiri, South Auckland.

18Chinese owned company - Natural Dairy New Zealand - is seeking to buy 24 central North Island dairy farms has also got its eye on a significant number of properties further afield - including in the South Island.

19The government's overhaul of the governing bodies of the nation's 20-polytechnics began today. Minister of Tertiary Education Steven Joyce today named 78-people as his appointees to the Polytechnic's Councils.

20A report into the Conficker virus which forced the Waikato District Health Board to shut down its computer network has found the DHB didn't do enough to prevent such an attack.

21In the United States the embattled car maker Toyota is suspending sales of its new Lexus G-X Four Sixty after an American consumer magazine issued a safety warning about the model.

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24Polish authorities have announced a joint funeral for the country's President and the First Lady in Krakow on Sunday. The couple were killed, along with many others in a serious air crash on the weekend.

25An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the richter scale has left at least 300 people dead and more than 8-thousand injured in northwestern China's remote Qinghai province.

26New information has been gathered in Antarctica shedding light on how Gondwana land was formed 500-million years ago.

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28Tokelau has declared its waters a whaling free zone at a meeting in Auckland today.

29Investigations are underway to assess just how much damage a coal carrier has caused to the Great Barrier Reef.

30A diplomatic row's erupted between the United States and Russia over adoptions.

31A survey's shed more light on how Australian voters would respond if population growth becomes a big election issue.