1Veteran broadcaster Sir Paul Holmes has been honoured in a funeral at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland.

2The brother of Shalvin Prasad, the man found burned to death on a rural South Auckland road last week, has pleaded for help from the public to find his brother's killer.

3Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has just arrived in Queenstown for a meeting with Prime Minister John Key. New Zealand is to take in some asylum seekers on Australia's behalf.

4Air New Zealand says it will reduce ticket prices if the Government takes action over a Commerce Commission report that found Wellington Airport overcharges customers.

5Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced construction with begin on two new Christchurch schools at a cost of $31 million. Meanwhile, the 31 schools facing closure or merger will hear their fate in ten days.

6Martin and Jane Weekes, the parents of the New Zealand trip[lets killed in the Doha shopping centre fire, have rejected claims that their daycare centre was not a nursery and therefore was not required to meet strict standards.

7At least one buyer has confirmed it is interested in Mainzeal's failed construction and property business. This news has been welcomed by subcontractors who have been left out of pocket by the company's collapse.

8Anger erupted in a Wellington courtroom today as Manawanui Stewart was jailed for six years for killing teenager Izak Millanta in Kapiti in August 2012.

9Police officers in California are currently hunting for one of their own, 33 year old former officer Christopher Dorner, who is carrying out a personal vendetta, targeting police officers and their families.

10A popular beef lasagne ready-meal product in the United Kingdom has been found to contain as much as 100% horse meat. In the past week, millions of beef burger patties were also taken out of supermarkets after it was found many contained horse DNA.

11Parliament's new Speaker David Carter has refused West Papuan freedom fighter Benny Wenda permission to speak in New Zealand's Parliament, despite the fact that he speaks in Parliaments all over the world.

12United States President Barack Obama's controversial choice to run the CIA has faced tough questions and protests at his Senate Confirmation hearing.

13In a mass display of de-urbanisation, over a billion people in China are trying to return to their home towns for the Lunar New Year.

14NASA scientists say an asteroid will pass by the earth next week and in space terms, it will be extremely close - only 18,000 miles away.