1MP Brendan Horan has been expelled from the New Zealand First Party following allegations he stole money from his late mother's bank account. New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has called for him to resign from Parliament. Horan, however, denies any wrongdoing and says he will not be resigning from Parliament.

2Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have confirmed they are expecting their first child. The Duchess of Cambridge has been hospitalised with hyperemesis. Commonwealth nations are moving to change the law of Primogeniture, meaning the new baby will become heir to the throne, regardless of its gender.

3Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has surrendered plans for a deep sea oil drilling off the East Coast.

4The Government is being accused of paying for beneficiaries to travel to Australia to find work.

5Update on an item from last month about paedophile Trevor Hall, who was jailed in Australia, before returning to New Zealand and preying on children within the Salvation Army.

6The CTV inquest has been told that Urban Search and Rescue workers were sent back into the building after dismayed foreign diplomats in Wellington complained to the Government.

7Maori and Pacific leaders in Brisbane have met with African leaders amid fears of revenge attacks after a Maori teen was killed by a 21 year old from Sierra Leone in a hit and run accident .