1With just one fatality, the 2013 Labour Weekend road toll has been the lowest on record. Interview with the National Manager of the Road Policing Unit about the measures Police have taken to keep road deaths so low.

2The latest news and issues from the United States: including; National Security Agency (NSA) has issued a statement denying that President Obama was aware of its spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel; memorial events scheduled to mark the first anniversary since Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast of the United States as well as Cuba, the Caribbean and Canada;

3The two climbers trapped in a snow cave near the summit of Mount Taranaki-Egmont for two days have died. Update on the effort to recover their bodies.

4The Immigration Minister has issued a warning to asylum seekers considering trying to enter New Zealand illegally in shipping containers. This follows reports that Indonesian people-smugglers are turning their attention to New Zealand now that Australia has tightened its immigration laws.

5Analysis of the latest One News Colmar Brunton poll which shows support for the Labour Party and its new leader David Cunliffe has stalled.

6There is consternation that Nigerian Paster Enoch Adeboye, who claims same-sex marriage is evil and will lead to the end of the human race, is set to visit New Zealand.