1The Election campaign ends tonight, with Don Brash and Helen Clark scrapping over who is 'mainstream' and trying desperately to get their last few votes.

2Turnout for tomorrow's election is expected to be high, perhaps over 80%.

3Helen Clark and Don Brash have both gone to pubs at the end of their campaigning.

4A Slovenian man has appeared in court over his threat to blow up a hotel in Tauranga if he wasn't allowed to meet with the Prime Minister.

5Other news.

6Ten Indonesian crewmembers who abandoned their South Korean owning fishing ship and handed themselves into police are claiming they were exploited and mistreated on the ship.

7Other news.

8Hurricane Ophelia has stalled off of North Carolina, causing nowhere near the damage done by Hurricane Katrina but still proving to be troublesome. Meanwhile US President George Bush has vowed to do 'whatever it takes' and spend 'whatever it costs' to help New Orleans recover from Katrina.

9Other news.

10Police are investigating two complaints in the Maori electorate of Tamaki Makaurau. One is from Maori Party Candidate Pita Sharples claiming members of his team caught a 16 year old boy defacing billboards for cash from Labour. The other complaint is from Labour's John Tamihere claiming that Sharple's team 'kidnapped' the boy and held him against his will.

11A look at the 'hot points' of the Campaign, such as the seat of Tauranga which has become the story of the week with National Candidate Bob Clarkson looking likely to beat Winston Peters, and Peters bringing up historic sexual harassment claims against Clarkson by a former employee. Also Labour's controversial student loan costings and Don Brash's inability to remember he had met The Exclusive Brethren and discussed their anti-Labour/anti-Greens pamphlets.

12Other news.