1Prime Minister John Key says he does not know, does not want to know, and is confident that no world leaders will ask him, whether New Zealand was involved in, or aware of, the United States spying on them due to New Zealand's involvement in the Five Eyes Network.

2Meridian Energy has debuted on the share market, with the Government saying it will eventually raise $1.5 billion.

3An independent inquiry into Fonterra's handling of the botulism scare has found a series of failings in the dairy giant's response.

4Hurricane force winds in the United Kingdom have grounded planes, stopped trains in their tracks, cut power to over half a million homes and killed at least four people. Eight people have also been across Western Europe.

5A South Auckland woman who murdered her one year old Godson has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum no-parole period of seventeen years.

6Live from the Auckland Town Hall where Mayor Len brown is being sworn in for his second term in office.

7A High Court jury has heard details of the kidnap and murder of expectant mother Rae Portman last year.

8A dawn recovery mission of Mount Taranaki-Egmont has recovered the bodies of the two climbers who died in a snow cave near the summit.

9Five people have been killed and over thirty more injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians and caught fire in Tianenmen Square in Beijing. Was it a terrorist attack or some sort of protest action?

10Die hard fans of Fleetwood Mac are reeling from the news that their New Zealand concert has been cancelled. Now it has been revealed that many of those who purchased tickets second-hand through Trade Me may not be eligible for refunds.

11Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray has been released from prison after serving less than two years of his sentence.

12The trial of former News of the World newspaper editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson has begun/ They are charged with hacking phones and bribing officials.

13A controversial artwork on Auckland's waterfront, which depicts a strike breaker with a baton, has become the focus of an angry row.

14A new nationwide competition launched by Chorus called #Gigatown has super-fast broadband for the entire winning town as its prize.