1Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has faced off against Prime Minister John Key in Parliament over the Government's proposed new spying laws.

2Some new or partly constructed Christchurch buildings may be dangerous and may have to be demolished due to the Christchurch City Council's consenting debacle. Chief Executive Tony Maryatt has been abruptly placed on leave.

3The theft of a number of powerful guns from an Auckland Gun City outlet has Police fearing for their own safety

4At least 16 people have been reported dead during violent political demonstrations in Cairo following a defiant speech by embattled Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in which he vowed to die rather than stand down. Live images from Tahrir Square in Cairo.

5Carisbrook Stadium has been sold for $3.3 million, less than half of what the Dunedin City Council paid for it three years ago.

6A house fire has forced the closure of one of the main railway lines out of Wellington tonight.

7A high profile prisoner has won a second appeal against a smoking ban, but the Corrections Department says the ban on smoking in prisons will remain in force due to a change in Government legislation in March.

8Northland man Matiu Korewha has been charged with murdering his partner Barbara Moka last month. Police found Moka's body last week.

9Warring factions of Nelson Mandela's family have gone to court over accusations of illegal grave tampering.

10Fifty years after their deaths, the victims of New Zealand's worst domestic air disaster have been remembered.

11An Auckland Council draft by-law is calling for a ban on all forms of begging, but those opposed to the by-law say banning begging will not solve the problem.

12A look at the Te Ataarangi programme that teaches te ro Maori to people who wish to learn it as an interest or professional development, but do not want to pursue an actual qualification.

13The whereabouts of intelligence whistle-blower Edward Snowden remains a mystery tonight, despite reports that he was on a plane bound for Bolivia. Film-makers are already planning a movie about Snowden's life.