1The Labour Party has criticised the Reserve Bank's restrictions on low deposit mortgage lending after officials documents revealed that Treasury advised the Government that up to 8000 first home buyers could miss out on getting mortgages approved. Interview with the Labour Party's Housing Spokesman Phil Twyford.

2Police will be monitoring roads extra closely over the long weekend and have imposed a limit of four kilometres over the speed limit before tickets will be issued.

3After school care worker James Sanders is behind bars after being charged with seven cases of sexual abuse of children at a school in Northland. Interview with the Social Development Minister Paula Bennett about the vetting process and a Bill she is working on to increase the checks that would need to be carried out on people applying to work with children.

4A pilot has been killed when his plane crashed while fighting the devastating forest fires in New South Wales. Update on the current fire danger for New South Wales.

5New Zealand teen golfing sensation Lydia Ko has officially spoken for the first time since she announced she was turning professional on social media on Wednesday.

6On Auckland's North Shore, three Community Constables are training along the streets on their Chopper bicycles. Now they plan to ride from Cape Reinga to Wellington to promote awareness of bike and scooter safety.