1NZ First Leader Winston Peters has claimed that John Key and John Banks insulted NZ First's older supporters during their teapot tape discussion.
2The Green Party has confirmed that the partner of co-leader Russel Norman's executive assistant was responsible for arranging the defacing of National Party billboards.
3Police in New York have launched a pre-dawn operation to clear the Occupy Wall Street camp.
4Other news.
5National has released the second part of its welfare policy today, promising to crack down on drug-takers and criminals as well as those who defraud the benefit system.
6Other news.