1Tonga's Attorney General has resigned in protest over government interference in the judiciary saying the country is heading down the same path as Fiji.

2In the United States a massive oil spill is now washing up on the Louisiana Coast and President Barak Obama is promising every single available government resource will be used to stop it getting any closer to the Mississippi River. The slick from the damaged rig is now nearly 200-kilometres wide and every day more than 800-thousand litres of crude oil gushes in to the ocean.

3The flood alert in Queenstown will remain in place for at least a week, with Lake Wakatipu likely to overflow if there's anymore rain.

4Around four thousand Auckland homes and garages have been built with low grade timber that was falsely labelled as premium load bearing wood.

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6China's showcase World Expo opens tomorrow to huge international attention, with more than two-hundred and forty countries on display. It's the first time a developing country has hosted the expo which is traditionally a platform for a country to flex its political, economic and military might.

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8Wellington man Daniel Moore who admitted to being part of an international internet child pornography ring will spend the next four and a half years behind bars.

9There is less than one week until the British 2010 general election and the leaders of the three main parties have held their last televised debate. Note: Full debate available on VA 15827.

10Auckland man Cornelis Klein has been charged with manslaughter after an eight car pile up which killed another driver.

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12Conman Laughlan Irvine, who took elderly Christchurch residents into his confidence while delivering meals on wheels, then stole from them, has been sentenced to 5-years in jail.

13Three education professors are warning families to keep a critical eye on government plans for pre-school education. The Government this week indicated it will reign in spending that has trebled to more than $1-billion in five years.

14The Whangarei District Council is defending its policy of shooting farm stock wandering onto roads, saying it has dramatically decreased the risk to motorists.

15People feel more pain when they get empathy from others and women are are more sensitive to pain then men but complain less.The US defence department says only a quarter of what it regards as key regions in Afghanistan supports President Hamid Karzai.

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17The Government is expecting to cut 470-jobs in the public service by the end of next year. The Labour Party says health, education and the Inland Revenue Department will bare the brunt of the cuts.

18Tonga's Attorney General has resigned in protest over government interference in the judiciary saying the country is heading down the same path as Fiji.

19The flood alert in Queenstown will remain in place for at least a week, with Lake Wakatipu likely to overflow with any more rain. The lake is still rising and the council can not rule out further flooding in the downtown area in the next 12-hours.

20Around 4-thousand Auckland homes and garages have been built with low grade timber that was falsely labelled as premium load bearing wood.

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22At least 300-people have gathered outside the Canterbury Regional Council offices to protest against the Government's sacking of the councillors.

23Front line welfare workers in Australia say there's been a rise in the number of homeless young people needing emergency accommodation.

24Anti-mining group Coromandel Watchdog is preparing for a weekend protest in Auckland - its first in nearly 15-years. The pioneering conservation organisation played a key role in the creation of legal protection for Crown land now earmarked for a Government review.

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26Focus on Politics: This week the Law Commission tabled a hard hitting report recommending a raft of changes to crack down on the misuse of alcohol. It wants to raise the age at which people can purchase alcohol to 20, increase the excise tax on alcohol and clamp down on opening hours. It's urging Parliament to adopt a measured and coherent response to the growing problem of alcohol consumption in this country. But how likely is it that Parliament can get it right?

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28Internet security experts have warned that accounts of more than a million Facebook users have been put up for sale on a Russian website.

29Tomorrow morning the Chinese city of Shanghai will be a blaze of colour for the opening ceremony of its World Expo.