1More than 200 people have joined the desperate search for an elderly Alzheimer's patient who is missing in Marlborough.

2Fiji has broken off diplomatic relations with India and expelled all Indian diplomats from Fiji.

3A recall of Ford Falcons includes 170 New Zealand Police cars. which could prove dangerous if driven at high speeds.

4An eighteen year old man died after crashing his car into a truck during rush hour in Auckland this morning.

5Former Labour Party consultant and immigration official Gene Leckey has elected trial by jury on six charges under the Crimes Act.

6After days of industrial action, Television New Zealand (TVNZ) today sacked 154 employees and announced the sale of its Christchurch transmission centre.

7The price of houses has increased by an average of 11% in the past year.

8The National Business Review (NBR) has printed its list of New Zealand's wealthiest people.

9Eight varieties of imported wine from Chile may be banned because of an illegal additive known as Sorbitol.

10The Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has made an after tax profit of $121 million for the last year.

11The United States has confirmed that thousands of nuclear warheads currently stored in Germany are faulty and could have exploded by accident.

12Overseas studies have shown that heredity and genetics is a major factor in obesity.

13United States President George Bush's son Neil has been accused of abusing his position as a director of a finance company called Silverado, leading to its collapse.

14In Dover, a flotilla of small ships is preparing to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation.

15A cane toad has been found in a shipping container at the Port of Lyttelton.

16Images from San Diego Zoo, which is currently experiencing a spring baby boom.