1Police have positively identified the body found in a Taranaki river as missing taxi driver Tui Kihi.

2Seven members of one family were among twenty people killed in Australia's worst ever bus accident today.

3Three men have been charged with the murder of university student Craig Merryweather, who has been missing for two years.

4Changes to law on abortion and sex education, introduced to Parliament last night by Health Minister Helen Clark, are already causing concern among reform opponents.

5The police have been forced to drop all charges against Kevin Jarden after his kidnap victim Kelly Skinley refused to testify against him in court due to fears for her safety.

6Three strong aftershocks have rocked San Francisco, just days after the earthquake that killed at least 270 people.

7A series of powerful earthquakes in China have killed at least 18 people and injured hundreds.

8The Government may put pressure on financial institutions to disclose details about their dealings with South Africa. The new sanctions deal will be put to the vote at the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

9Former National Party leader Sir Robert Muldoon has expressed support for demoted MP Winston Peters. Caucus support for Winston Peters and Opposition leader Jim Bolger is polarizing. Interview with Sir Robert Muldoon.

10Is the Catholic Church in New Zealand continuing to meet the needs of its people? Issues such as celibacy, women priests and biculturalism will be discussed at the Auckland Diocesan Synod which opened this evening, the first to be held in New Zealand for 50 years, and the first to involve members of the laity.