1The Government announcement that the number of mining inspectors will increase fourfold. Mining industry veterans have been warning for years that the dismantling of the inspection service in the 1990's would put lives at risk. The new High Hazards unit will have 4-inspectors for mines and another 4-inspectors for the petroleum sector. There is currently only one mining inspector for the whole of New Zealand and another position vacant.

2There is a community fruit gathering initiative on Auckland's North Shore, picking fruit that would otherwise go to waste and distributing it to people who need it.

3New from the United Kingdom, including; allotments; media culture and the News of the World scandal with new evidence about phone hacking, especially phones of the Royal family; David Cameron and his links to Andrew Coulson and the clash with police chiefs;

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5Last survivor pulled from Ground Zero - The Trinidad-born Port Authority temp was trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center for 27 hours after the North Tower fell on her as she was trying to escape the building in the wake of the September 11 attacks. She was the last survivor to be pulled from the wreckage. The book is; Angel in the Rubble by Genelle Guzman-McMillan with William Croyle

6The start of coverage of the state funeral of Sir Paul Reeves, Former Governor General of New Zealand, and the first Maori to hold that position, at the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Parnell.

7Live coverage of Sir Paul Reeves' state Funeral.