1The Minister for Internal Affairs has accidentally revealed that the Government is preparing itself for Auckland Mayor Len Brown's resignation. Auckland Council will now investigate whether Auckland Mayor Len Brown misused money during his two year affair with Bevan Chuang. It has also been revealed that he gave his mistress a reference for a job at the Auckland Art Gallery, which some regard as a conflict of interest. More revelations have also come to light about Bevan Chuang's relationship with Luigi Wewege, a staff member on Mr Palino's team, and pressure being brought to bear on her to reveal her affair with Brown prior to the election last weekend.

2The Solicitor General is now considering taking over the electoral fraud case against Act Leader John Banks, now that it looks set to go to trial. Profile of the man who has taken the private prosecution against Banks, serial litigant Graeme McCready.

3A suicide note left by high profile lawyer Greg King before he took his own life a year ago, says he was 'burnt out, disillusioned and depressed' and suffered a massive breakdown before his death.

4The United States Congress has passed legislation which will reopen the Federal Government and prevent the country from defaulting on its debt - at least for the next three months. Analysis.

5An Auckland man has died after the car he was driving plunged down a bank in Waitakere following a Police chase.

6The Independent Police Conduct Authority has released a damning report describing Police actions during a raid on a party as 'excessive and illegal', A man whose neck was allegedly broken by a police baton is demanding compensation and an apology.

7The Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that the Anglican Church is within its rights to exclude gay men from training for the clergy.

8Gruesome details have been revealed about how a rift between two Christchurch neighbours ended in a deadly knife attack. Colin Hoani has been jailed for 10 years for the murder of Val McFee outside their Council flats earlier this year.

9One of the men accused of defaming David Bain supporter Joe Karam on line apologised in court today and vowed to take down the "Justice for Robin Bain" website where the comments were made.

10The Prime Minister has unveiled plans for the new Justice Precinct which will be the first major Government project in the Christchurch rebuild.

11Naval officer Commodore Kevin Keat has been giving evidence at his court marshall after being accused of breaching Defence Rules by failing to declare an affair with a subordinate and threatening her career.

12Six Australians are among 44 people killed when the plane they were flying in crashed into the Mekong River in Laos.

13An Australian is among four people killed in an avalanche on the Chinese side of Mount Everest.

14Footage has been released of the impact of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the Philippines earlier this week, killing 144 people.

15Divers have pulled a huge chunk of meteor out of a Russian lake eight months after it crashed into the earth.

16An on line raffle is offering the chance to buy an original Picasso for as little as NZ$200. The raffle is trying to raise money to help restore an historical tower in Tyre.