1The Government is bowing to public pressure by planning to increase the penalties for violent offending. Reaction.
2An egg farmer has been fined $35,000 for faslely claiming battery eggs were free range.
3Other news.
4Builders have been ordered to tear out imported native timber used in Beehive renovations.
5Foot and mouth has been discovered in the Middle East - where the NZ racehorse Sunline is.
6The British general election looks set to proceed as normal in May this year.
7How did the PM's husband come to send emails from her office recommending a fried and colleague for a job?
8Other news.
9The Australian dollar lost more ground today - does this spell doom for the Federal Government in this weekend's crucial by-election in Brisbane?
10Other news.