1Qantas has launched a bid to buy a controlling share of Air NZ.
2Other news.
3Parents in Australia are able to buy a controversial drug-testing kit they can use on their children without their consent. However, there is vocal opposition to the kit which is to become available in NZ next month.
4Other news.
5Plans to build a new youth justice centre in Northern Canterbury have been scrapped.
6Will Fiji's would-be coup leader, George Speight stand trial for treason?
7Riot police are patrolling the streets of Oldham in Manchester in the wake of two nights of race riots.
8Other news.
9Nine students at Hawkes Bay's Eastern Institute of Technology are suing the Institute over an electronics course they say was not up to scratch. Interview with the Tertiary Education Minister.
10The Dairy Board's record payout to farmers is expected to boost the economy.
11Other news.