1Police action during the Urewera anti-terror raids have been labelled 'unlawful, unjustified and unreasonable' by an independent inquiry. However, no officers will be disciplined or sacked as a result. Is an apology and compensation now on the cards? An intelligence expert and the Green Party say the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) more than likely played a role in the Urewera raids.

2The death toll from the Oklahoma tornado has been revised down to 24, including 9 children. Hundreds more have been injured or left homeless.

3Four schools in East Christchurch are set to merge into a new super-school in Aranui. However, Chisnallwood Intermediate School has been given a reprieve with the announcement that it will remain open.

4Four boys aged 12 and 13 have been charged over the burglary and vandalisation of a Hamilton house last week.

5Syria has admitted for the first time that it has deliberately opened fire on Israeli troops in the Golan Heights.

6A multi-million dollar dispute involving Alex Van Heeren, one of New Zealand's richest men, is due to return to court, sixteen years after the first action was taken.

7The editor of Vatican Television has apologised for saying Pope Francis performed an exorcism to free a man from the devil.

8A well-known French conservative activist has committed suicide in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in protest at the French Parliament's legalisation of same-sex marriage.

9Carl Pistorius, the brother of murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius, has been acquitted on a charge of culpable homicide over a car accident five years ago.

10Housing Minister Nick Smith has announced $16 million in grants for community housing providers to build affordable homes throughout New Zealand.

11Retired synthetic cannabis king Matt Bowden says he plans to get back into the business.