1Around 1250 police officers, fire fighters and prison officers marched on Parliament today, in an unprecedented protests against Government plans to reduce their superannuation.

2Warwick Reid, the man the Government was to appoint head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), is under arrest in Hong Kong accused of bribery and corruption.

3A campaign to clear the name of Walter James Bolton, the last convict hanged in New Zealand, has landed his son in jail.

4Thousands of illegal Chinese immigrants caused a near riot in Macao as they tried to register for a document that would temporarily permit them to move about the Portuguese colony.

5Greenpeace took action against a United States nuclear submarine today, and claim they saved the lives of two Coastguard officers.

6A Volkswagen vehicle aims to cross the Bass Strait to Tasmania next week.

7A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie has just been released. They are a phenomenon among young boys, but adults are still rather bemused.

8The Ministry of Agriculture (MAF) is waging war against an Australian Blowfly that is menacing New Zealand sheep.

9South Africa's Natal Province resembles a battleground after days of violent fighting between supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and Zulus.

10Durex condoms have been withdrawn from sale after the discovery of quality problems in some batches earlier this month.

11A helicopter pilot had a lucky escape when his helicopter crash landed while he was fighting a large scrub fire.

12A statue celebrating former Labour Prime Minister Sir Peter Fraser was unveiled in Wellington today.

13A group of elderly Belgian nuns from the Sisters of St Clare have sold up their 14th-century convent for $1.4 million and ran off to a castle in the South of France to retire with the proceeds. They also bought a Mercedes-Benz auto equipped with a bar, and a farmhouse.

14A baby llama has been born at Wellington Zoo.