1Taxpayers are to fund nearly half of the $3 billion cost of the Auckland City rail loop. How has the news been received by Aucklanders?

2500 postal jobs are being axed in three large mail sorting centres.

3A new move is underway within the Australian Labor Party to oust leader Julia Gillard.

4Police believe they have found the body of Northland woman Barbara Moka, who has been missing for two weeks.

5An exclusive look at how the New Zealand Customs Service conducts a drug bust.

6A Police investigation has cleared an officer who pushed teenager Ella Eketone to the ground during an out-of-control party in East Auckland.

7Nelson Mandela's closest relatives have been called to two family summits.

8Lake Tekapo residents have been digging their way out of last week's exceptionally heavy snowfall, but now the thaw is causing additional problems.

9Heavy rain and large tides have left the Otago town of Aramoana awash in sewage-tainted water and residents say the Council has left them to deal with the problem themselves.

10Sergeant Steven Creegan, the only survivor of the 2010 Anzac Day helicopter crash, has begun legal actions so he can sue the Airforce under workplace safety laws.

11Breaking News Kevin Rudd has announced he will challenge Australian PM Julia Gillard in a a Labor leadership ballot at 9pm New Zealand time tonight.

12The Telecommunications industry has warned the Government of a flaw in its proposed new spy legislation.

13Russian President Vladimir Putin has chilled relations with the United States by refusing to extradite American intelligence whistle-blower Edward Snowden.

14United States President Barack Obama has launched his climate change policy.

15The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says an animal's leg discovered in a shipment of pal kernels from South-East Asia belonged to a New Zealand sheep and not an exotic animal.

16British women with a family history of breast cancer will soon have access to Tamoxifen, which will dramatically reduce their chances of developing the disease.