1Thirty-one same-sex couples have married today on the first day same-sex marriage was legal.

2China has suspended imports of another New Zealand milk product after it was found to be contaminated with high nitrate levels.

3Auckland Police appear to be a step closer to solving a brutal attack on a Buddhist monk. The victim has spoken about how shattered Friday night's ordeal has left him.

4The effects of Friday's earthquake in Seddon are still being felt across the Marlborough region. There are signs that life is gradually returning to normal, but some vineyards are still dealing with the damage.

5Engineers are yet to come Wellington's Westpac Stadium the all-clear for Saturday's Bledisloe Cup test.

6The death of promising young New Zealand equestrian rider Tom Gadsby in the United Kingdom has left many who knew him in shock.

7Emirates Team New Zealand suffered a dead battery pack during this morning's race, allowing Luna Rossa to level the Louis Vuitton Cup competition to 1:1.

8Passengers on board a bus that crashed in Horowhenua last night have spoken of their terror as the vehicle rolled off the road.

9The controversial Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) Bill is expected to pass this week by a majority of one. The Prime Minister has promised not to let the Agency spy on the content of New Zealanders' communications, however Opposition parties say that his promise holds no weight and are fighting for this guarantee to be included in the new legislation.

10Te Anau Police have been examining the site above Bowen Falls at Milford Sound where Chilean teenager Martín Ambrosio Celery-Halabi fell to his death on Saturday.

11Nelson man Hilton Hone Heke has been sentenced to eleven years and three months in prison for the brutal sexual assault of an elderly woman in the community gardens on New Year's Day.

12Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is waiting to hear the date of his trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013.

13The latest Australian political poll shows Labor is heading for a crushing defeat. The election campaign is now getting dirty with a series of attack ads.

14Z Energy has listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX), closing the day up sixteen cents.

15Google Maps is using its street view technology to map some of New Zealand's most picturesque scenery, sending one man on foot along some of the country's most iconic walks. It is hoped that the images can be used by Project Janszoon, a privately funded initiative working in partnership with the Department of Conservation (DOC) to address the ecological restoration of the Abel Tasman National Park, to see changes in the ecology of the region.

16A 1967 red Ferrari has sold in California for nearly NZ$34 million.