LIVE: FISHER: The Labour party caucus retreat in Masterton started this afternoon with a rewriting of the agenda as the party dealt with the Whetu Tirikatene Sullivan row. Karen Fisher
CHENEY HEAD: Dick Cheney, a man who's tipped as a future president of the United States has given New Zealand audience a taste of his views on international events. He thinks that air strikes in Bosnia wont work but laments the disappearance of the Western Alliance. Bronwen Evans
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WHALES: The International Whaling Commission meets this weekend on Norfolk Island to discuss the possibility of an Antartic whale sanctuary. Sue Miller of the World Wildlife
BENNETT-CHECKPOINT: The British parents of Yvonne Bennett have spoken this afternoon of the close relationship they had with their son-in-law, Warwick [illegible] who's accused of murdering their daughter. Glenda Wakeham
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BLAZE: Firefighters are being stood down after a huge bush blaze today on the outskirts of the Wellington suburb of Karori. Adam Hollingworth
US - JAPAN: Washington is threatening Japan with trade sanctions for its failure to open up the Tokyo market to the US cellular phone network Motorola. Jonathon Schwass i/v Pearl Imada - Hawaii
IMMIGRATION: Shortcommings within the Immigration Service have been cited as the most likely the reason for the blanket refusal of residency permits for 900 chinese students. Martin Gibson
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WHETU: The Labour MP for Southern Māori, Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan has just announced she has accepted the apology of her party colleagues for failing to support her nomination as a select committee chairman.
LIVE: STOTT: As you heard in the news there's been a second derailment on the Wanganui site of the Tirokeno tunnel between Wanganui and Marton. Bob Stott - Rail magazine editor
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