1Newly re-elected Auckland Mayor Len Brown has confirmed that he has been having a two-year affairs with a woman who was an advisor to the Council. His admission follows salacious details about the affair being published on the WhaleOil website this afternoon.

2The downpours from the recent storm may have saved a motorcyclist who fell into the swollen Waimakariri River after he collided with a truck.

3A state of emergency has been declared in Wanganui due to the threat of flooding from the Whanganui River.

4A nasty spring storm has kept emergency crews busy in Auckland today.

5The Government has summoned the Te Kohanga Reo National Trust to Parliament for a 'please explain' after Maori Television made allegations of public money being misused by two managers.

6The Armed Offenders Squad has helped Auckland Police corner a woman on the run facing drug charges.

7For the first time in history, the South island has a million people living in it. A look at some of the changes to New Zealand's population that have been revealed by the latest census figures.

8A Court has heard that John Banks did not examine a list of donations to his failed 2010 Auckland Mayoral campaign before an electoral return was failed. However, internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom maintains that Banks knew he was a donor and asked him to keep his financial contributions anonymous.

9The man who killed Timaru businessman Alan Hubbard by driving carelessly has today been fined two and a half thousand dollars and disqualified from driving for a year.

10A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has hit the central Philippines., reportedly killing at least 20 people.

11British police have revealed more details about their new lead in the hunt for Madeleine McCann.

12Talks in the United States Senate are reported to be making progress towards ending the American Government's financial deadlock and avoiding defaulting on its debt.

13A mass grave thought to contain at least 300 bodies has been discovered in Bosnia.

14A visiting China expert is warning that more New Zealanders need to learn Mandarin.

15This week is Save The Kiwi Week and ambassadors want to dispel the myth of a kiwi resurgence and make New Zealanders aware that kiwis are continue to disappear towards extinction.