1The Health Minister is labeling the alleged abuse of intellectually disabled residents at the Parklands Residential Home in Pukekawa 'a distressing case'.

2Two men are dead and a woman is in hospital after a horror head-on collision on the Kapiti Coast.

3A four year old Ohope girl hit by an alleged drunk driver has been transferred to Starship Hospital where she remains in a serious but stable condition.

4New video of an alleged attack on Kawhia's sole Police officer Constable Perry Griffin in January 2013 has emerged, and the family of the accused man Jackie Maikuku say it clears him of any wrongdoing.

5A new website called "Judge the Judges" which will allow members of the public to become more involved in judicial decisions will launch tomorrow.

6Syria has accused Israel of further airstrikes against it.

7Footage of the hosts of television's ITM Fishing Show struggling to reel in a giant swordfish that was also under attack by a mako shark, has fascinated media outlets all over the world.

8The National Rifle Association (NRA) is holding its annual gun convention in Houston, Texas.

9A solar powered plane has completed the first leg of its flight across the United States.

10There are fears that a prolonged spell of cold weather could have badly harmed the United Kingdom's puffin population.

11Auckland's Karangahape Road (aka 'K' Road) has been transformed by street artists as part of the All Fresco art festival.

12Students at UNITEC in Auckland are now able to take a class in film making using mobile phones to make movies for mobile phones.

13"Star Trek: Into Darkness" is the latest film in the Star Trek franchise, and it is very different to the original 1960s television series. Interview with Director JJ Abrams and New Zealand actor Karl Urban, who starts as Doctor "Bones" McCoy.