1Police have released the name of the baby in Kamo whose death sparked a homicide inquiry yesterday.

2A fisherman has drowned after being swept off rocks near Whangarei.

3Actor Corey Monteith has been found dead in Canada. Monteith was best known for his role in the television series Glee.

4Severe weather has resulted in flights into and out of Wellington cancelled, heavy snowfalls in the central North Island, black ice in the South Island and even the closure of Mount Hutt ski field.

5Fire investigators are examining a suspicious blaze which destroyed an old timber mill in Kaitaia. Meanwhile several fire fighters had to be de-contaminated this morning after being exposed to asbestos during a depot fire in Waikato.

6Florida authorities are calling for calm after George Zimmerman, the guard who killed Black teenager Trayvon Martin, was acquitted of his murder.

7Police have released the name of the baby in Kamo whose death sparked a homicide inquiry yesterday. His father and grandfather have spoken of their grief and despair.

8The SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), a NASA-modified jumbo jet, has arrived in Christchurch carrying a telescope capable of making new discoveries in the solar system above the Southern Hemisphere.

9Scientists are testing the robustness of a probe called The Penetrator, designed to find out if there is life on other planets.

10Emirates Team New Zealand comfortably won their first real America's Cup race against Luna Rossa.

11Auckland Mayor Len Brown has officially launched his campaign for re-election today.

12South Auckland residents have united to protest against the sale of synthetic cannabis.

13A group calling for change has signed an open letter calling upon the Government to include 17 year olds in the youth justice system, instead of treating them as adults.

14An employment law specialist says apprentices are being exploited by some businesses, who are using them as cheap labour to maximise profits.

15The world's media has gathered outside Saint Mary's Hospital in London ahead of the imminent arrival of the Royal baby.

16A 33 year old Christchurch fire fighter who was left paralysed by an extremely rare stroke in March is determined to return to service.

17A look at the New Zealand premiere of the new Simon Pegg / Nick Frost comedy "The World's End" in Wellington.