1New Zealand's SAS troops have been involved in another gun battle in the Afghan capital Kabul. Prime Minister John Key confirmed SAS soldiers were yesterday involved in a battle which led to the death of Jan Mohammad Khan, a senior adviser to Afghan, and MP, President Hamid Karzai. The Prime Minister says there are times when NZ troops are able to move from an mentoring mode to an enabling mode to assist the Afghan troops.

2News from Kabul, including; the gun battle which raged for hours attacking the homes of the two politicians, with security guards. The focus of the Taliban is now on killing the leaders, focussing on the NATO practice in recent years.

3Nearly two-million dollars worth of cheques sent to quake-damaged households in Christchurch have gone missing in the mail, or may have even been stolen, and it is Christchurch wide. It looks as if mail is being stolen from mailboxes.

4New figures show annual consumer price inflation rising at its fastest rate in 21 years. It is fuelled by higher fuel costs and the increase in GST.

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6The former head of News International, Rebekah Brooks, has been released for custody after being arrested in during the inquiry into the News of the Works phone hacking scandal. Also the resignation of the top policeman, and the ramifications for that inquiry.

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8Police are refusing to say whether or not Anthony Ratahi was armed when he was shot dead after a 12-hour siege in Taranaki at the weekend

9About 2000 people have marched in South Taranaki to protest against threatened cuts to health services in Hawera. The proposal is to cur half of the beds and move other beds to rest homes.

10Reports of Loan Sharks repossessing children's toys has prompted a review of credit repossession laws by the law Commission;

11Manu Korihi News, including; Obituary: Dame Kahurangi Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira of Ngati Porou has died at the age of 78, and is lying at Ohinewaiapu marae in Rangitukia, near Ruatoria; The police have dropped an investigation against the head of the Waikato Tainui parliament, saying there's little evidence to support allegations of financial mismanagement; The Conservation Department says submissions on the proposal for a Kauri National Park in Northland are mostly backing the idea

12A DOC worker says it wasn't his department's responsibility to raise concerns about the Pike River company's delays in building a second exit from the mine.

13Meanwhile, workers trying to recover the miners' bodies trapped inside Pike River mine are weighing up two options for advancing further, one of which has the edge because it's safer

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15The Prime Minister, John Key, says he expects inflation to come back under control in the long-term as annual inflation was 5.3%, the highest in 21-years. This was boosted by food and fuel costs and the GST. increase.

16Surging inflation has put pressure on interest rates and other items are adding to this figure.

17The ceremonial return of Bamiyan province to Afghan police at the New Zealand base is being seen as a critical step in the transition of power before foreign troops end combat operations in the country.

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19The Automobile Association says further roading improvements are needed to lower the road toll in Waikato as 36 people have died this year - more than 20% of the country's road toll. Some of these fatalities are being blamed on the condition of the roads.

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21The families of some Christchurch earthquake victims are angry and disappointed the Government is refusing to pay for lawyers for them at the Royal Commission of Inquiry although they will have access to the commission's lawyers. Maan Alkaisi, who lost his wife Dr Maysoon Abbas in the CTV building says this is putting additional stress on survivors who have lost family members.

22Commercial property owners are facing not just higher insurance premiums following the Christchurch earthquakes, but also the prospect of much higher excesses.

23The Law Commission is reviewing credit repossession laws after anecdotal reports of money lenders repossessing basic household necessities to intimidate customers. They are considering a ban on repossessing some essential items.

24To celebrate Nelson Mandela's 93-rd birthday a group of multi-racial, multi-lingual South African bikers are touring the country doing good works, like painting schools.

25Manu Korihi News, including; Obituary: One of the most influential women in the renaissance of Te Reo Maori, Dame Kahurangi Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira, has died at the age of 78, and is lying at Ohinewaiapu marae, near Ruatoria, about 107 kilometres north of Gisborne; The police have dropped an investigation into allegations of financial mismanagement by the head of the Waikato Tainui parliament; The Conservation Department says most of the submissions coming in on a Kauri National Park in Northland support the idea; Thorough research and persistence has paid off for a Taranaki man, who has got his local council to change the name of a road that meant nothing in Maori

26News from the United Kingdom, including: To UK now and some of the stories making headlines - the biggest of course, the News of the World phone hacking scandal; deaths in a Stockport hospital and the Queen going green.