The PM has assured the nation that two Israeli suspects facing charges of trying to obtain NZ passports illegally will get a fair trial. Are they Israeli spies? Helen Clark (PM - Labour); Grant Illingworth (Defence Lawyer); Orna Sagiv (Israeli Ambassador to Canberra - speaking from Australia).
Israel has been told it can expect a "volcano of revenge" after killing the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas on the weekend. Ehud Olmert (Israeli Deputy PM).
Anzac day will pass unmarked in the Middle East where NZ soldiers fought and died because of unending violence around the Gaza War Cemetery.
Former Fijian PM Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara has died in a Suva hospital. Mick Beddoes (Fiji Opposition Leader); Tupeni Baba (Former Fiji Politician); Mahendra Chaudhry (Fiji Labour Party); Helen Clark (PM - Labour).
A group of 13 Pitcairn Island men facing nearly 100 sex charges have lost their bid to have their cases thrown out of court on the argument that British laws do not apply to them. Justice Charles Blackie (Pitcairn Supreme Court Judge); Paul Dacre (Pitcairn Public Defender); Simon Moore (Pitcairn Prosecutor).
Trade officials are investigating claims that a Chinese businessman caught up in paua poaching was given money from the Government to investigate other NZ businesses. Rodney Hide (Act MP).
The Government has launched a million dollar campaign aimed at teaching NZers about the Treaty of Waitangi. Don Brash (National Leader); Michael Wintringham (State Services Commissioner); Brian Donnelly (NZ First MP); Trevor Mallard (State Services Minister).
Nauru is on the brink of bankruptcy after borrowing millions of dollars for investments in Australia which it can not now repay. James Burton (Insolvency Lawyer); Helen Clark (PM - Labour).
Spain says it will pull its 1300 troops out of Iraq as soon as possible. Meanwhile fierce fighting between Coalition troops and Iraqi insurgents continues.