1Two workers have been critically injured when the flag pole they were moving hit power lines in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden this afternoon.

2A police officer who made a risky turn and collided with a motorbike, killing the rider, has been fined $250. Constable Michael Lenihan made a three point turn on a rural road, in a blind spot and was run into by Paul Brown on a motorcycle.

3A man jailed for killing an Auckland woman in a hit-and-run robbery in a supermarket carpark has won a retrial. Keywords; Christopher Shadrock.

4The National Health Board has just released a highly critical report on the management of Dunedin Hospital. A National Health Board review says dedicated, committed and passionate staff are hampered by management and leadership structures, entrenched negative behaviours, and poor decision-making processes.

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6Barry Watkins remembers the shark attack that almost killed him 40 years ago like it was yesterday. Today he was back at St Clair beach unveiling a memorial plaque.

7"Ernie, do you take Bert to be your lawfully wedded muppet?" and the answer from Sesame Street is no. Messages on message boards say it would help gay children, but the show's makers say it is a children's show and not gender related.

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9New Zealanders have lost more than $750,000 to online scammers in the past 12 months and the internet security group, Netsafe, says it may only be the tip of the iceberg.

10The country's biggest Rugby World Cup party zone in Auckland is almost ready but the future of the marquee structure called the Cloud is still undecided.

11Manu Korihi News, including; A senior Ratana Church minister says he'll always remember Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, for the changes she made to parliament; A Northland principal says some schools in her region have agreed to implement national standards because they fear they'll lose funding if they don't; An architect says waka ama could be taking tourists up and down the River Avon in a newly-built Christchurch.

12The secret records kept by a New Zealand Prisoner of War during the Japanese occupation of Singapore have resurfaced in Britain. Captain David Nelson was held in Changi Camp and kept records of movements in the camp, including where people were buried.

13Organisers of the first attempt by a team to row the Tasman from Australia to New Zealand (Team Gallagher) are hoping it will eventually become a race, similar to one in the Atlantic. The boat to be used was launched on Lake Rotorua in Hamilton. The crew will be Nigel Cherrie (35, of Auckland, team leader), Martin Berka (36, Auckland), James Blake (25, Dunedin) and Andrew McCowan (26, Hamilton).

14Vodafone has been fined more than $400,000 for misleading customers.

15China's train makers are recalling 54-flagship bullet trains for safety reasons as public anger intensifies over a deadly crash. Around 36-people were killed after a crash last month and authorities are blaming a lightening strike.

16Business News, including; The stock market has clawed back some of the losses it suffered this week, following extreme volatility on global equity markets.

17There's sure to be lots of roasts on tables in Christchurch this weekend after hundreds of meat-and-three-veg packs were handed out today by eh Farmy Army, who gave out food they had left over from an earlier distribution. For those who couldn't get to the distribution point police did a 'deliver a roast' service.

18For the first time a suicide prevention helpline is being set up as part of a new campaign to tackle the disproportionately high number of Maori and Pacific people who take their own lives, called Lifeline Aotearoa.

19Focus on politics, including; Welfare reform, with a special focus on benefit fraud, is expected to be the key theme at the National Party's election year conference in Wellington this weekend.

20Manu Korihi News, including; A Northland principal says a number of schools in the region are accepting national standards only because they fear they'll lose funding if they don't; A Ratana Minister says the late Whetu Tirikatene Sullivan was a special woman who forced the male institution of parliament to change its ways; An architect says waka ama could be taking tourists up and down the River Avon in a newly-built Christchurch.