1The Finance Minister has admitted that the extra borrowing of $100-million a week by the Government could be putting upward pressure on the value of the New Zealand dollar. Bill English hopes that as the government nex financial year this will take the pressure of the dollar.

2To help answer that question, we're joined by currency strategist Derek Rankin of Rankin Treasury. He says that it has put extra pressure on the dollar but is is not a simple as that and funds from the Christchurch earthquate insurers has also affected the dollar so this borrowing is just part of the mix. Also the US dollar is very weak.

3The mother of Brent Hall, a 47-year old man missing from his isolated property north of Whanganui says his disappearance is doing her head in and has pleaded for help to find him. Police are sttepping up their search.

4Work's begun again at the site of a fatal methane gas explosion at a Watercare site Onehunga, where one woman was killed and six-others injured on Saturday. The Department of Labour says the site is safe for work to re-commence.

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6The Labour MP, Clare Curran, has been thrown out of Parliament during Question Time today for wearing a Highlanders rugby jersey in the House as rules say that members must wear normal business atire. Metiria Turei MP (List MP, Green Party) left with Ms. Curran in support.

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8A National Cyber Security Centre is being set up charged with preventing attacks on Government agencies. There have been attached on government sites so New Zealand needs to step up our defence of government web sites.

9More than a quarter of all real estate agents have left the industry over the past year and double the number have suspended their licences or left all together. This is due to the lack of activity in the market. It is also preventing new people joining the industry

10Japan has now doubled its estimate of the amount of radiation released into the atmosphere from the earthquake-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. There is concern that people have been exposed to high doses of radiation.

11United States politician Anthony Weiner has sent a link to a sexually suggestive photograph of himself via his public Twitter account o an adult woman who was following him on Twitter. After several days of denying he had posted the image has Weiner held a press conference at which he admitted he had "exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. He initially lied that his account had been hacked. He says he will not resign from congress.

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13Portugal's new Prime Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, is committied to the trems of the 78_billion Euro international bailout package but may also instigate other austerity moves.

14People with rare, genetically inherited disorders are demanding a better deal from the drug-buying agency Pharmac and the debate is on when to provide expensive and rare drugs. Sufferers of rare diseases are asking for fairness and equality.

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16The Government has admitted borrowing more than it needs, sparking questions about whether it's partly to blame for the strong New Zealand dollar. The opposition Labour Party points out the down side of borrowning this much wneh it is not needed to balance the budget, merely being borrowed to bank while the rates are good.

17A promise by the US Defence Secretary of a greater military presence across the Pacific Rim is being widely interpreted as America's response to China's growing power in the region. This comes from a conference held in Singapore at the weekend. This may have advantages for the smaller countries in the region, but they are also open to exploitation.

18Christchurch property managers are questioning why hundreds of temporary houses are being built when up to a thousand flats and houses are available for rent. Some say the private rental market should be used first.

19Four landmarks in the Auckland region will now be called by both their Maori and English names as part of a treaty settlement. The Ngati Manuhiri settlement is worth nine-million dollars. Five place names will be altered or assigned. These are Te Hauturu-o-Toi/Little Barrier Island, Paepae-o-Tu/Bream Tail, Te Hawere-a-Maki/Goat Island and Te Kohuroa/Mathesons Bay. Ngaroto has been assigned to the historic site being the bounded extent of Spectacle and Slipper Lakes

20Business News including: New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay has hit a snag. A group of minority shareholders has rejected the 70 cents a share offer from majority shareholder, Olam, as too low

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22Child Youth and Family has revealed that 40-percent of children who go into care are likely to need specialist mental health services, but most are not getting the level of treatment they need. They are instigating a new scheem to try to help the more than 2000-children a year who enter CYPs a year and it is hoped that early assessment will help them.

23A man has appeared in the Lower Hutt District Court this afternoon, accused of arson after a spate of suspicious fires in Wellington over the weekend, including a Porirua Marae. This was reported by a nearby student and the marae was saved.

24A report on youth crime and violence in the Pacific calls for young people to be more involved in decisions about their future. Urban Youth in the Pacific analyses how likely this group are to take part in violence.

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26More Whangarei children are ending up in hospital this year - and community workers say the root cause is poverty, especially for respiratory illnesses. Health workers say that families put of GP visits because of the cost, so very sick children are turning up at the hospital taxing resources.

27News from the United Kingdom, including: the Chancellor George Osborne is welcoming an International Monetary Fund report on the country's economic policy and funding for the olympics.