1Australia is reeling from a Justice Department investigation detailing drug use, corruption and links to organised crime in professional sport.

2New Zealand golfer Sir Bob Charles today withdrew his endorsement of Silberhorn deer velvet capsules after it was revealed the supplement contained a banned performance-enhancing substance.

3Work has ceased on Mainzeal constructions around the country, with workers turned away as they try to access sires to get tools. Over 400 Mainzeal employees face an uncertain future after the company was placed into receivership yesterday. What will the fall-out from the company's collapse be?

4Official unemployment figures show there are 168,000 workers out of work in New Zealand.

5Actress Lucy Lawless has been sentenced to 120 hours of community service for her part in an environmental protest against Arctic oil drilling.

6Health and safety officials have laid charges against the Taranaki Outdoor Pursuits & Education Centre (TOPEC) which organised and oversaw the ill-fated climbing trip to New Plymouth's Paritutu Rock which left two college students and an instructor dead.

7Fire fighters are heading into the Waipoua Kauri Forest in Northland to attack a large fire that has broken out in the forest sanctuary. The fire is several kilometres away from the famous giant kauri, Tane Mahuta.

8New Zealand has offered an initial $200,000 in aid to the Solomon Islands to help it recover from yesterday's earthquake and tsunami.

9An investigation into the crash landing of an Air New Zealand passenger plane in Blenheim two years ago has found the pilots failed to pull a handle hard enough to release the plane's nose wheel.

10Police are conducting forensic tests on a mobile phone belonging to Slavin Prasad, who burned to death in South Auckland last week.

11Police are searching for a man after the car he was driving crashed in Auckland overnight, killing a passenger.

12A new study has revealed the country's most dangerous streets for cyclists, prompting a call to improve infrastructure around cycle lanes to prevent crashes caused by cyclists swerving to avoid car doors opening.

13A Maori carving, believed to be the biggest in the world, has just been completed in Rotorua.

14A report into a United Kingdom hospital has found that over 1000 people may have needlessly died due to neglect.

15Prominent New Zealanders have been hosted at by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall at Clarence House for Waitangi Day celebrations.

16A review of the Fire Service has suggested changes to the way it is funded and its legal status to cover all the non-fire rescue work the service is called upon to perform. The Government is now considering whether the levy currently on household insurance policies should be expanded to include the transport sector and non-residential property owners.

17A Christchurch couple have been reunited with a stash of cash salvaged from their red zoned home.

18Monopoly fans have voted in an on-line contest to add a cat token to the game. The cat will replace the iron.

19Dunedin's railway station has been named as one of the 16 most beautiful railway stations in the world by American travel magazine Condé Nast.

20Teachers at a school in England have sent home letters to parents asking them to 'mind their children's language'. They have banned some popular phrases, such as "Dunno" and "Youse" in an attempt to clean up their sloppy english.