1New papers show Treasury officials have accepted more than 200 gifts in the past year mostly from the major banks. This includes lunches, diners and tickets to sports events. This may cause a conflict of interest as officials are required to be neutral and under no obligation to other parties.

2The chief executive of the Pike River coal company has come under intense questioning about how miners would get out of the Pike mine in an emergency

3A relative of the man shot dead by police in Taranaki last weekend called it murder as he was taken for burial. Anthony Ratahi had taken his former girlfriend hostage with a handgun in the Headlands Hotel in Opunake. However there are questions about whether he had a gun when he was shot.

4What's being billed as the largest phone scam ever reported in New Zealand could be costing the country ten-million dollars. This is a cold calling scam to get people to pay for software they don't need.

5The Destiny Church's co founder has partially won her court case, forcing the Maori Women's Welfare League to let her run for President. The High Court has ruled the league acted unlawfully leaving Hannah Tamaki's name off its ballot papers, and in not sending ballots to three Destiny-linked League branches. However ten other Destiny linked branches will not be able to vote.

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8New papers show Treasury officials have accepted more than 200 gifts in the past year mostly from the major banks. The freebies include ninety-eight free lunches, sixty free dinners, as well as tickets for rugby, golf, theatre and wine-tasting events. There is a call for an audit of the Debt Management office, which 6-staff accepted the bulk of the gifts.

9The latest on the UK hacking scandal; British Prime Minister David Cameron was questioned today about his involvement in the News of the World (NW) hacking scandal. He says that with hindsight he would not have hired Andy Couldsen, former NW editor as his media advisor. Glen Mulcare, the private investigator hired by NW to hack records, is no longer having his legal fees paid by the paper.

10Manu Korihi News, including; A public forum on the Nga Puhi treaty claims has failed to resolve a stand off over how they should be managed; The Maori Women's Welfare League has been ordered to issue a new batch of voting papers with Hannah Tamaki's name on them; Young Maori learning trades are doing better at finishing their courses than all other students at the Wellington Institute of Technology; An Auckland historian and storyteller aims to shed some light on a local taniwha, over which there was a furore during recent council debate about developing the central city.

11The Principal Youth Court Judge says military style camps will not reduce re-offending on their own. A new progress report is out on the eight month old Fresh Start scheme which uses community based programmes - including military style camps - to tackle youth crime.

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13John Key has landed in Washington for a two day visit, during which he will meet with President Obama and push the case for a comprehensive free trade deal with the US and eight other pacific countries. There are difficulties such as access for Fonterra, and the control Pharmac has on drug buying.

14A picture of the Sydney Opera House has appeared in a terrorism and military training online magazine produced by al-Qaeda. Counter-terrorism officials in Australia say there's no immediate threat.

15People's confidence in the Christchurch rebuilt has taken a knock following June's aftershocks, with almost 20%-planning to leave the city. The UMR survey has found a few days before the June quakes, two-thirds of the residents it spoke to felt the recovery was on track.

16The Auckland Council's funnelling hundreds of thousands of dollars of ratepayers' money into a campervan park in the CBD, during the Rugby World Cup, leaving some holiday camp owners fearing they may miss out on business.

17The Principal Youth Court Judge says military style camps will not reduce re-offending on their own, other support programmes are needed to get them into work.

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20With the United Nations now declaring a famine in parts of southern Somalia, the aid agency World Vision is seeking promises of safe access for humanitarian workers from the armed groups in the region. About half the country's population are facing starvation and thousands have died.

21The Australian Press Council has set up to oversee a review of News Ltd's expenses in Australia and appointed two-independent assessors.

22A group opposed to a new flyover around the Basin Reserve in Wellington is accusing the Transport Agency of trying to buy off the city council with a new cricket pavilion and stand. The flyover is intended to relieve the bottle-neck between the city and the airport.

23The first of Christchurch's high-rise buildings to close after the February earthquake has reopened. All the tenants of the12-storey HSBC Tower are now back in the building which has been extensively checked by engineering experts

24Manu Korihi News, including; The Maori Women's Welfare League says it's not disappointed the High Court has ruled the co-founder of Destiny Church, Hannah Tamaki, can run for president; A public forum on the Nga Puhi treaty claims has failed to resolve a stand off over how they should be managed; and an Auckland historian and storyteller aims to demystify local taniwha