1Convicted murderer Mark Lundy has been granted a date in front of the Privy Council to appeal his conviction for the murder of his wife Christine and daughter Amber. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2002, but has always maintained his innocence.

2Tuhoe activist Tame Iti will be a free man in less than a fortnight after serving just ten months of his two and a half year prison sentence for firearms charges linked to the Urewera raids.

3Joel Loffley, the man who murdered baby JJ Lawrence in 2011 has been labelled "an evil monster" by the toddler's family. Today he was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 19 years.

4New Zealand Post has announced 100 job losses in a week of hundreds of job losses at Mainzeal, Contact Energy and Summit Wool Spinners.

5The Contact Energy job losses have renewed debate on partial asset sales, with opponents fearing more job losses will ensue if companies are partially privatised.

6Wellington's coroner says it should be compulsory for all cyclists to wear high visibility clothing following the inquest into the death of Police superintendent Steve Fitzgerald at a roundabout in Petone in 2008.

7Figures released to 3 News show a significant increase in the amount of performance enhancing drugs being seized by customs at the border.

8Shane Jones is understood to have been cleared of any wrongdoing in a controversial immigration case.

9The 50th Westpac Halberg are about to get under way at Auckland's vector Arena.

10Californian Police are trying to identify a body found in a burnt out cabin near Big Bear Lake to determine whether it is that of former officer Christopher Dorner, who went on a shooting rampage, killing four people.

11Churches and Unions have launched a campaign for a Living Wage of $18.40 an hour.

12Christchurch Police have a new earthquake-resistant headquarters. The $22 million building is state of the art, and for the first time in New Zealand, Department of Corrections staff will share the facility with Police.

13Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith has partially backed down in his fight with Heinz Watties over New Zealand beetroot, agreeing to mend the labels on his own cans which currently claim New Zealand beetroot is poor quality.

14Pope Benedict XVI has explained why he is stepping down while presiding over his last scheduled public Mass at the Vatican.

15An advertisement for Coca Cola filmed by two young Wellington men for a competition will premiere on primetime television in the United States today. Interview with one of the ad's creators.

16Swatch Skiers Cup 2013 competitor Sverre Liliequist stunned crowds with a saucy backflip while out-skiing an avalanche.