1The BNZ's Chief Economist believes the housing boom is only beginning and has predicted that house prices will continue to rise for at least another three years.

2Goodman Fielder is closing its small goods plant in the Manawatu town of Longburn, with the loss of 30 jobs.

3Hundreds of motorists are ripping off taxpayers by thousands of dollars a year by pretending their cars as tractors.

4Friends and family of shark attack victim Adam Strange were the first to return to water at Muriwai Beach when it reopened today.

5Repair crews have been working on the Auckland rail crossing where a wheelchair-bound woman was critically injured this week.

6America's top Government officials have just introduced $85 billion worth of Federal spending cuts which could cost 750,000 jobs.

7Christchurch Police investigating a serious assault on an elderly couple in St Martins are looking for 59 year old Douglas James Archer.

8The Anglican Church's plans for the Christchurch Cathedral site will be unveiled later this month, but campaigners are still battling to save the condemned building.

9A frantic emergency call made by British couple Mairead and Mick Philpott, accused of killing their six children in a fire at their home in 2012 has been played at their manslaughter trial.

10Eight South African policemen have been arrested and may be charged with murder after the violent killing of a taxi driver yesterday.

11Queen Elizabeth II has fallen ill with a stomach bug, forcing her to cancel a public engagement marking St David's Day.

12A dashcam has captured the moment a car went out of control in Russia, literally flying over other traffic.

13Some bus passengers in Poland are being hailed as life savers after the driver passed out.

14The first census in seven years will be held this Tuesday 5th March.

15Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will appear in the next series of Downton Abbey.

16Eight orphaned yellow-eyed penguin chicks have been released back into the wild after being rescued from Dunedin's coastline after a toxin killed their parents.

17Derby Day kicked off Auckland's week of horse racing in Ellerslie today, but for many punters the fashion was the most important aspect of the event.