Political leaders have paid their respects to the soldier killed in a military blast at Waiouru today.
John Key (PM - National).
NZ and Australian Police have announced they will join forces in a 48 hour blitz on pre-Christmas drinking and drunken behaviour.
Karl O'Callaghan (Western Australian Police Commissioner); Michael Player (Acting NZ Deputy Police Commissioner); Bruce Robertson (Hospitality Association); voxpop; Matt Jorgenson (Bar Manager); Sarah Azam (TVNZ Reporter - live from Auckland).
Auckland has been rated one of the world's top 10 party cities, according to Lonely Planet.
The US Secretary of State has arrived in Afghanistan to attend the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai.
The US President's arrival in South Korea has been met with protesters.
Labour says it will change the way the Reserve Bank sets interest rates if it wins the next election.
Phil Goff (Labour Leader); Don Nicholson (Federated Farmers); John Key (PM - National).
Political leaders have paid their respects to the soldier killed in a military blast at Waiouru today.
Dan Parker (TV3 Reporter - live from Waiouru); Air Vice-Marshall Graham Lintott (Chief of Air Force); John Key (PM - National); Wayne Mapp (Defence Minister).