NZ's first case of alleged people smuggling has opened in court with two women accused of bringing people into NZ from Malaysia unlawfully to pick grapes.
John Marston (Immigration Service Fraud Investigator); Daniel le Brun (Winegrower); Stuart Smith (Marlborough Winegrowers); Lianne Dalziel (Immigration Minister).
Rescue services were on crash alert in Auckland amid fears that a huge airforce jet would be unable to land at Whenuapai airbase due to landing gear failure.
Mike King (Aircraft Enthusiast); Richard Stanley (Aircraft Enthusiast); Tony Davies (Pilot).
The two men jailed after their dog mauled seven year old Carolina Anderson are trying to get a Council ban on dog ownership overturned.
Brian Hill (Dog Owner).
Former Catholic Priest Alan Woodcock has been in court charged with child sex abuse dating back to the 1970s and 1980s.
John Kerry has won the Iowa caucus's vote for the Democratic Presidential candidacy.
The US has appealed to the United Nations for help in Iraq. However an internal power struggle is developing in Iraq.
Kofi Annan (UN Secretary General).
Japanese soldiers are on their way to Iraq in a move that is causing plenty of controversy in Japan.
North Korea is experiencing a food crisis due to a drop in international fod aid.
James Morris (UN World Food Programme).
There is a warning of rising racial tension and division if the Government refuses to change its stance on the foreshore and seabed.
Kathy Ertel (Iwi Claimant Lawyer); Lou Tangaere (Ngāti Ruawaipu Tribal Authority); Thomas Tohepakanga (Taranaki); Moana Jackson (Ngāti Kahungunu); Judge Carrie Wainwright (Presiding Tribunal Judge).
Relief for Niue was at the top of the Cabinet agenda when it resumed today after the Christmas break.
Guyon Espiner (TVNZ Political Reporter - live from Parliament).