1Arthur Allan Thomas has lashed out at Police, accusing them of a cover-up and wasting taxpayers' money on a long-awaited review of the Crewe murder case for which he was wrongly convicted. His anger follows a comment by Deputy Police Commissioner Mike Bush at the funeral of former Chief Inspector Bruce Hutton, one of the officers who planted the evidence that helped convict Thomas.

2The Parole Board has recalled sex offender Stuart Murray Wilson (aka The Beast of Blenheim) to prison. He will spend at least two more years in jail for breaching his release conditions.

3The Government is considering a radical proposal which would see most hospital kitchens shut down.

4Pike River families are meeting with Government officials in Greymouth tonight where they will be given the results of an independent investigation into the role Labour Department staff played in the lead-up to the deadly explosion.

5The Government Communications Security Bureau GCSB spy agency looks likely to be given the legal right to spy on New Zealanders. Changing the law is Prime Minister John Key's solution to the mess of legal and illegal actions arising from the Kim Dotcom case.

6Prime Minister John Key has just arrived in Beijing ahead of an official state meeting with the new Chinese Premier. He has indicated he wants a million Chinese tourists to visit New Zealand every year.

7North Korea has warned foreigners to leave South Korea as fears grow that North Korea may be preparing to launch a missile.

8Search and Rescue crews are still digging through the rubble after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake devastated parts of Iran, killing more than thirty people and injuring 850.

9The latest revelations from the murder trial of Gavin Gosnell, accused of killing and then dismembering teenager Hayden Miles.

10Paedophile schoolteacher James Parker has today admitted an additional 25 charges against former Kaitaia students, taking the tally of charges against him to 74.

1199 people have been arrested across the bay of Plenty as part of a major drugs bust.

12A champion bodybuilder and personal trainer from Christchurch has admitted 156 charges related to performance and appearance-enhancing drugs.

13A body was found in a vacant earthquake-damaged house in Christchurch after a fire broke out overnight.

14A boatload of Sri Lankan asylum seekers have arrived in Australia, but have said they want to come to New Zealand.

15Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Wahine disaster.