1After almost four years of legal arguments, 13-of the people arrested in police raids in the Ureweras and elsewhere in 2007 found out today they will not be prosecuted. All firearms charges have been dropped as there is no longer sufficient evidence. This is the result of a Supreme Court ruling, which is suppressed.

2Valerie Morse is one of the defendants charges with three counts under the arms act. She says the evidence wasn't admitted because it was illegally obtained.

3The safety of school buses is under scrutiny following the crash with a logging truck that injured dozens of children yesterday near Ruatoki. There is a call for both seatbelts, and also children stand as there is not enough room for them to sit.

4The logging truck that rear ended the bus near Ruatoki was operated by Autahi Transport of Taneatua.

5The Pike River coal company general manager has defended his decision not to let rescuers go underground straight after last November's explosion. He also said there were delays in decisions once the police took over.

6Business News

7IHC workers have agreed to a compromise deal on sleepover payments heading off a move by the employers to appeal the controversial case to the Supreme Court next week.

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9The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has arrived at the Pacific Islands Forum, and was immediately bombarded with questions about her popularity and performance back home.

10Allegations that MI6 was involved in Libya have arisen and secret files have been unearthed by The Independent in Tripoli that reveal the astonishingly close links that existed between British and American governments and Muammar Gaddafi, including that the UK supplied information on dissidents to Gaddafi.

11The Icepak Coolstore Company has laid the blame for the fatal explosion at its plant at Tamahere in 2008 at the feet of outside experts saying it was totally reliant on their advice.

12Manu Korihi News, including; The lawyer Annette Sykes, says she'll apply for the lifting of suppression on a court judgement that's prompted police to drop charges against 13 people arrested in the Urewera police raids; The Auditor General has found the Crown has failed to break down barriers to allow Maori to build housing on their own whenua; The regional director for Maori health at the Bay of Plenty District Health Board says whanau of tamariki injured in the crash between a school bus and a logging truck have swamped into Whakatane Hospital to be with the children.

13The Labour Party says it's time the Government considered becoming an insurer of last resort in Canterbury, to speed up construction in the city. The government says it is working with the insurance companies to encourage them to get back into the sector.

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15The head of the United Nations used the TV show Xena: Warrior Princess and rugby as metaphors as he explained global relations to students at Auckland University this afternoon. About 2000-people heard him speak on sustainable development and popular uprisings.

16Morning Report's presenter Simon Mercep interviewed Ban Ki Moon this afternoon among a group of reporters. The features discussed were climate change, while acknowledging the difficulties; the UN is trying to encourage the more moderate faction is Fiji;

17The Police Minister, Judith Collins, is dismissing calls for the police to apologise after charges were dropped against more than a dozen people arrested in the 2007 police raids in the Ureweras. The charges related to alleged military style training camps.

18Because of a Supreme Court judgement regarding the Urewera group, which is suppressed, there's no longer sufficient evidence to proceed against those solely accused of firearms offences.

19Documents uncovered in Tripoli show that China agreed to sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons to the Libyan Leader Colonel Gaddafi in July, after the UN arms embargo came into force.

20Business News, including; A shortage of stock market listings is hindering the country's future prosperity, though one analyst says there are encouraging signs of change.

21Iceland's Geir Haarde becomes first world leader to face charges in relation to the global financial crisis after being formally charged over his part in the collapse of the country's banks in 2008. Geir Haarde was charged with failing to prevent the banking crisis and failing in his prime ministerial duty to manage the fallout. He could face two years in jail if found guilty.

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23The safety of school buses is under scrutiny following the crash with a logging truck, near Ruatoki, that injured dozens of children yesterday.

24The former Labour Party MP, Chris Carter, has bowed out of politics with a swipe at the media, but without a bad word to say about the party that expelled him.

25A former Pike River worker at the inquiry into the Pike River Mine disaster, says he had tried to talk to management about the risks of having just one fresh air base in the mine.

26Manu Korihi News, including; The Auckland Council for Civil Liberties says the dropping of charges against most of those arrested in the Urewera raids, raises serious questions about human rights; Meanwhile, the Maori lawyer Annette Sykes, says she believes the public is entitled to know why the police have dropped charges against most of those arrested in the Urewera raids of 2007. The Auditor General has found the Crown has failed to break down barriers to allow Maori to build housing on their own whenua; An adviser to the country's largest inland restoration project - converting dairy farmland into native bush - says the initiative will help increase the number of rare native species.

27People living in Christchurch's orange zone will have to wait longer than expected for a decision on whether they can remain in their homes, after the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority missed one of its deadlines. This has left some very frustrated residents.