1National MP Aaron Gilmore has been forced to apologise for bullying and threatening a waiter while on a boozy night out on Saturday night.

2A Police commanders says two of his officers saved a woman's life by firing both a gun and a taser at a man in Porirua.

3A five year old Kentucky boy has accidentally shot his two year old sister dead with a rifle the boy was given as a gift.

4Police have returned to the property of the man 3 News understands to be the prime suspect for the shooting of road worker George Taiaroa.

5Breaking News Reports are coming in to the newsroom of a fire at the Pike River coal mine's administration offices.

6Hundreds more mourners have arrived in Tolaga Bay ahead of Labour MP Parekura Horomia's funeral on Saturday.

7The helpline for whiteware manufacturer Samsung has been overloaded after concerns were raised about the safety of some models of its top loader washing machines yesterday.

8The battle to save three cheetah cubs born at Orana Wildlife Park and then abandoned by their mother has been lost. This afternoon, they deteriorated to a point where euthanasia was the only option remaining.

9Political activist John Minto has announced he will run for the Auckland mayoralty. National MP Maurice Williamson has also suggested he is considering running.

10Three young men have been arrested in connection with the Boston bombings, charged with hiding evidence and lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

11Scotland Yard has sent to detectives to New South Wales to investigate sex abuse claims against entertainer Rolf Harris.

12Coronation Street actor William Roache has been arrested on two counts of raping a teenage girl in 1967.

13Breaking News Fire crews have confirmed that reports of a fire at he Pike River coal mine's administration offices were a false alarm.

14An Auckland woman in dire need of a new kidney says she is scared by a new 'Transplant Survival Calculator' to decide who should get a transplant.

15Hundreds of investors in the South Canterbury company Aorangi Securities look set to get back their $96 million after legal action against Jean Hubbard, widow of the late Alan Hubbard, was dropped.

16The Automobile Association (AA) predicts petrol prices could fall below $2.00 a litre.

17A new survey has revealed that what annoys drivers the most, is having their car damaged while parked in a car park and no note left behind by the culprit. Are drivers legally obliged to be honest, or is it just good manners?

18Chris Kelly, one-half the hip-hop duo Kris Kross that scored a radio hit with "Jump" in the early Nineties, has died.