1At least one man is dead and searchers are hunting for another after a scuba diver training course on Auckland's North Shore went horribly wrong. Two-divers are missing out of a group of eight-trainees on a course run by Adventure Education.

2The Pike River mine inquiry has heard that the company running the coal mine had applied to put in a second exit tunnel and emergency exits two years before the explosion which killed 29-men.

3The sister of one of the 9/11 victims says if News of the World reporters did hack into families' phones she wants them prosecuted. The FBI is now investigating a report from the Murdoch rival newspaper, The Daily Mail, that a private investigator in the United States was contacted in a bid to access phone records

4Scientists have found another fault line underneath Christchurch and say there are many more still undiscovered, but after 6-months of tremors the risk of another big quake is rapidly decreasing. The latest fault is south-west of the city between the faults which caused the other two-earthquakes.

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6At Lake Pupuke in Takapuna at least one man is dead and searchers have been hunting for another person missing from a scuba diver training course.

7Two separate government agencies are looking into the use of the drug Ketamine for treating mental health patients with severe depression at Dunedin Hospital last year. At lease 10-patients were treated 'off label' which is where a drug is used for something it is not licensed for;

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9The Fijian Rugby Union says it's keeping a player, Leone Nakarawa, home for next week's All Blacks test because of New Zealand sanctions - but the Prime Minister says he's welcome. However as he is in the Fijian military he is banned from coming to NZ.

10A vocal critic of the Government's planned upgrade of the stretch of State Highway between Auckland and Northland has renewed his calls for the project to be scrapped because the land is more unstable than first thought for the Puhoi to Wellsford stretch.

11The Financial Markets watchdog is questioning the stock exchange operator about potential breaches of its own rules for disclosing information on time, particularly for the grain exchange agency.

12Niche investments, like jewellery, wine and art, have become more attractive under the Labour Party's tax proposals. Those types of assets are not subject to the same capital gains tax that would be levied on investment property and shares - something critics say is unfair and unworkable

13The British Library has announced an ambitious fundraising campaign to acquire the St Cuthbert Gospel for the nation. Created in the 7th century and intimately associated with one of Britain�s foremost saints, the Gospel is the earliest surviving intact European book and one of the world�s most significant books.

14Manu Korihi News, including; Hone Harawira losing his traditional cloak before breaching parliament's swearing-in rules is being seen as a bad omen by a Maori cultural advisor; The Maori Party has renewed its call for new MPs to be allowed to swear allegiance to the Treaty of Waitangi in Parliament; The former chair of the Waitangi Fisheries Commission, Shane Jones, says the presence of foreign charter vessels in the fishing industry is crucial for Maori; The Maori Party's turning its attention to young voters this weekend with a nation-wide wananga.

15More information on the earthquake zones in Canterbury has been revealed, and some people will soon be told they won't have to abandon their properties

16Researchers in Christchurch believe they could be able to create a functioning human bowel within ten years. In a world first, Christchurch Hospital's department of paediatric surgery has successfully grown muscle bowel cells which contract.

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18At least one man is dead and the other diver on a scuba diver training course has not been found. They are waiting for the police national dive squad but it is now dark so the are waiting for decisions on continuing the search.

19in The USA the FBI has launched an investigation into hacking complaints against reporters working for Murdoch group papers and a crowd of protesters gathered outside Rupert Murdoch�s Central Park home in New York City to urge a congressional investigation into News Corp. The group Color of Change attempted to deliver a petition.

20The Real Estate Institute says houses in Christchurch are selling fast, with properties spending an average of 35 days on the market - seven days fewer than this time last year.

21Business News including; Argosy Property Trust will be hoping it's second time lucky, after cutting the price to buy out the manager of its property portfolio to mollify unhappy investors

22A malaria vaccine to protect against all strains of the deadly disease is a step closer after a breakthrough by Queensland researchers. The Laboratory of Vaccines for the Developing World was opened at Griffith University.

23Most of the country's mayors appear to be getting advice on how to avoid pitfalls in the job. But getting that advice can itself lead to trouble, as the Wellington mayor, Celia Wade-Brown, discovered when she drew criticism for making a trip to Auckland to receive media training

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25Focus on Politics: The Labour Party leader, Phil Goff, describes it as a game changer. The Prime Minister, John Key, says it will be a dagger through the heart of the economic recovery. They are both talking about Labour's just announced policy of a capital gains tax.

26Manu Korihi News, including; A Maori cultural advisor says consequences follow if rules are broken - no matter whether they're breached in parliament or on the Marae; The former chair of the Waitangi Fisheries Commission, Shane Jones says the presence of foreign charter vessels in the fishing industry is crucial for Maori; Maori in Northern Hawke's Bay say the signing of an agreement at Tuahara marae on Mahia Peninsular marks a new beginning for the people of Rongomaiwahine