1The Serious Fraud Office is investigating Accident Compensation Corporation over allegations of fraudulent property dealings going back several years.

2David Bain is allowed to apply for compensation for wrongful imprisonment but he'll not only have to prove his innocence, he'll also have to prove his case has extraordinary circumstances. Mr. Bain was acquitted of murder charges last year after spending nearly 15-years in prison.

3The ACT Party says its 'no surprises' agreement with National has been breached, with the ratification today of the United Nations' declaration on indigenous rights. New Zealand was one of four countries who voted against it in 2007 but the National-led government has reversed that after negotiations with the Maori Party.

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5A nine year long murder investigation finally came to end this afternoon with Joseph Reekers sent to prison for at least 15-years for the murder of Auckland hairdresser Marie Jamieson.

6The final plan to turn Auckland's Queens Wharf into a fan base for the Rugby World Cup has been revealed it's a temporary building almost the size of a rugby field.

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8European governments are preparing to finally lift the no-fly zone across the continent, but a new volcanic ash cloud from Iceland is threatening further hold-ups.

9The mobile phone company 2-Degrees says Vodafone's latest pricing plan is anti-competitive and it's yet another argument for price regulation.

10The Serious Fraud Office is investigating Accident Compensation Corporation over allegations of fraudulent property dealings going back several years.

11A small bookshop and postal agency in suburban New Plymouth says many elderly customers are being conned by international lottery scams.

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13A High Court judge has told Auckland primary school teacher Nicholas Baldwin his manipulation of a pupil into performing a number of sexual acts, has potentially harmed the whole teaching profession.

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15European governments are preparing to finally lift the no-fly zone across the continent, but a new volcanic ash cloud from Iceland is threatening further hold-ups.

16The cost of living edged up again in the first three months of the year with the consumer price index rising 0.4-percent in the March quarter following a fall in the previous three months.

17The Government has declared more regions to be officially in drought. Bay of Plenty, south Taranaki, and parts of south Canterbury and Otago now join the growing list of areas suffering the effects of no rain.

18Reaction has been mainly positive to the news the government has finally ratified the United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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20Hundreds of school children were evacuated from classrooms this morning after an earthquake hit the Western Australian city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

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22Plans to generate electricity from undersea turbines at the mouth of Tory Channel have been unveiled today.

23The government is considering enrolment zones for early childhood services it is setting up at South Auckland schools.

24Allegations that investment giant Goldman Sachs duped clients have added new urgency to the push for financial regulatory reform in the United States.

25More than one-hundred years after women won the right to vote, another suffragette battle is brewing over the placement of an Auckland centenary memorial.

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27Vodafone may have jeopardised its bid to avoid regulation of the industry by offering a dirt cheap mobile calling offer to its prepay customers.

28TelstraClear is considering cutting 120 call centre jobs in New Zealand, and sending the work to the Philippines.

29Local Government New Zealand is hoping a $1-million advertising campaign will help fix the country's dismal voter turnout at elections.

30Leaders from around Latin America have attended events in Venezuela to mark the two hundredth anniversary of the country's independence.