1Suicide attackers have stormed the British Council offices in the Afghan capital Kabul, and one bomber may still be holed up inside.

2The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority says it could step into the property market to stop land prices sky-rocketing but is confident it won't have to.

3The Pike River Coal company says whenever there was a problem with safety at the mine it always did whatever was necessary to fix it.

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5A helicopter has crashed in a fireball in remote South Australia, almost certainly killing all three of the veteran ABC newsmen aboard. They were filming a documentary on Lake Ayre in a very remote location which is proving hard to get to.

6The Silver Ferns Coach Ruth Aitken, says she knew it was time to go after last month's loss to Australia in the final of the world champs.

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8Despite a record making number of people moving across the Tasman last month, there are predictions the exodus could be close to peaking.

9Thousands of people in red-zoned parts of Christchurch are about to get the chance to move on, with offers from the Crown to buy them out in the mail today.

10Manu Korihi News, Including; The Ngapuhi chairman Sonny Tau says the first mandating hui for the tribe's treaty claim went ahead in Auckland this afternoon without major disturbance; The Iwi Chairs Forum has delivered a resolution to back the Kohanga Reo claim before the Waitangi Tribunal; The Race Relations Commissioner says an invitation to the Maori King's coronation is a gracious acknowledgement of the diverse communities in New Zealand.

11The international cement company Holcim has delayed a decision on a new national factory near Oamaru until at least the end of the year.

12Cancer patients say major improvements are needed in the way cancer care is provided, and specialists agree. More and more patients are surviving cancer but healthcare providers are not giving them the care and information they need.

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14A Department of Labour report has revealed the Pike River Coal company was not prosecuted for serious safety breaches before last November's explosion in which 29 men died, although two safety deputies were sacked because of serious mistakes.

15Within a year it's expected that 95-percent of all two-year old children in this country will be fully immunised. This is up from 50-to 60%-coverage in the late 1990s.

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18Focus on Politics, including; The National Party's announcement this week that, if it were re-elected, it would take direct control of the payments made to young beneficiaries sparked a robust debate about the level of youth unemployment.

19Manu Korihi News, including; The Iwi Chairs Forum has delivered a resolution to back the Kohanga Reo claim before the Waitangi Tribunal; The mandating hui for Aotearoa's biggest iwi, Ngapuhi, will be open to news media -- as long as those at the meetings approve; The Council of Trade Unions is accusing New Zealand fishing quota holders committing a modern form of colonisation, by using foreign crews to catch fish in local waters; A Maori veteran of the Vietnam war says it feels wonderful to have one of its battles acknowledged at last, by the government.

20The News of the World hacking scandal continues to claim heads with the latest to roll being News of the World's Hollywood reporter James Desborough. Desborough was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communication while still in the UK before taking up the US position. This spreads the arrest record to more junior reporters.