1The 400,000 New Zealanders who have registered an interest in buying shares in Mighty River Power are likely to be paying between $2.35 and $2.80 per share. The company is likely to list on the Stock Exchange on May 10.

2Prime Minister John Key has lashed out at the news media, calling journalists 'knuckle-heads' over news coverage of his shoulder-tapping of an old friend for the top job at the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB).

3The Fire Service is calling for new laws on lighters after a toddler managed to set fire to a car, critically injuring herself and her younger brother.

4Police have denied a flurry of reports about a breakthrough in the hunt for the killer of road worker George Taiaroa who was gunned down near Tokoroa over two weeks ago.

5The naval ship Te Manawanui has arrived at the site of the plane crash that killed 2Degrees boss Eric Hertz and his wife.

6The judge in the case of retirees Matt and Valerie O'Loughlan, who took Tower Insurance to court over the compensation for their earthquake damaged home, has agreed that they should receive full replacement value from the insurers.

7New Zealand's decade-long deployment in the Afghan province of Bamiyan has officially ended.

8Commercial sunbeds will soon be illegal for anyone under the age of eighteen to use under a law change planned for later this year.

9Two people have walked away from a light plane crash in Foxton, Manawatu.

10Retired Detective Inspector Bruce Hutton, the police officer who planted evidence that led to the wrongful conviction of Arthur Allan Thomas for the murders of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe, has been laid to rest.

11United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is appealing to North Korea to change course and pull back from its escalating military threats. How worried are the people currently living in South Korea?

12The battle to save the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has been discussed at an emergency meeting in Invercargill.

13Expectant dad Prince William received a lesson in fatherhood today after being shunned by a four year old girl he tried to kiss. Following her appearance as an honorary 'Bond' girl at the London Olympics opening ceremony, Queen Elizabeth II has been awarded a BAFTA Award for services to film and television.

14American film critic Roger Ebert has died aged 70.

15The Roman ring dating back to 350AD that is believed to inspired author JRR Tolkien to write "The Lord of the Rings" has gone on show in England.

16Feilding endurance runner Perry Newburn has set a new record after running 480 kilometres in three days and three nights to raise money for a special needs unit at a local school.