1The US has told China it regrets the death of a Chinese fighter pilot missing after a collision with a US spyplane, but nothing short of an apology will satisfy the Chinese. The US flatly refuses.

2Qantas Australia may buy Qantas NZ.

3Cancer patients are waiting up to five months for essential treatments due to staff shortages.

4The PM has agreed to meet with Vietnam veterans who were exposed to agent orange to sort out their grievances.

5The slow death of a treasured Northland Lake is being blamed on Government Agency inaction.

6Other news.

7Trevor Mallard has apologised in Parliament for comments he made about the wife of National MP Max Bradford, however she has not accepted.

8Other news.

9New research shows that well-educated mothers produce smarter children.

10The China/US crisis has raised fears of a new cold war. But how much of the rhetoric is posturing? A closer look at US-Chinese relations.