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CKPT FOR TUES 12 FEB 2008
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1700 to 1707 NEWS
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A range of measures have been outlined by the Prime Minister today that are aimed at making houses more affordable. In her annual statement to Parliament Helen Clark also announced a 446 million dollar funding boost over four years for social services dealing with poverty and violence. The Prime Minster is with us now. LIVE
Extra Australian troops have landed in East Timor to help maintain calm in the capital Dili. Fears of violence followed the shooting of the President Jose Ramos-Horta and an attack on a car carrying the prime minister Xanana Gusmao yesterday. The President remains on life support in an Australian hospital. Stephanie March is a journalist at the Working for East Timor Development Centre in Dili. PREREC
The ABC's Chris Glassock has been to the hospital where Jose Ramos-Horta is being treated, and has the latest on his condition. PKG
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BUSINESS NEWS
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A member of a prominent Canterbury family is tonight in jail for the rape and sodomy of a teenage girl. Businessman Peter Stewart was convicted late last year on seven sex abuse charges dating back more than 30 years and he was sentenced in the High Court in Christchurch this morning. Our reporter, Katy Gosset was there and joins us now. LIVE
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17.30 HEADLINES
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Charges for murder and conspiracy have been brought against the alleged planners of the September the 11th attacks. Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who is accused of master minding the attacks, and five other co-conspirators being held at Guantanamo Bay are due to be tried in military tribunals and could be executed if they're convicted. Andrew Burrows reports. PKG
A government report into claims of bullying and assaults at Hutt Valley High School does not say if the school did anything wrong. Over the summer, media reported allegations of schoolyard sex, drinking, drug taking and bullying. Earlier this month five male students were referred to the Family court, and another was charged after an alleged assault in the school grounds. Here's our education correspondent, Gael Woods. LIVE
Back to our lead story - Our political editor Brent Edwards joins us now. LIVE
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WAATEA NEWS
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Cancer patients in court today have portrayed the consultation by Pharmac over Herceptin as a sham. Eight breast cancer patients are asking the High Court to overturn all of the decisions made in the past two years by the drug-funding agency on funding of the high-profile breast cancer drug. Here's our health correspondent, Karen Brown. LIVE
In the United States, four people have made initial court appearances after being charged with selling classified defence information to China. And a top official in the US Justice Department is warning that Chinese espionage is now reaching cold war levels. CNN's Jean Messerve has the story PKG
One of New Zealand's foremost air crash investigators has died in a road accident north of Wellington. Ron Chippindale was best known for his work into the Mount Erebus crash, and died this morning after a car spun out of control in Porirua. Tim Graham reports. Air Accident Investigator Peter Williams and colleague Mike Baker comment. Excerpt of Ron Chippendale reporting his findings on the Air Albatross crash in 1985. PKG
Spain's government has summoned the British ambassador to complain about an oil spill from a shipwrecked cargo ship. It partially sank six months ago in waters off the British territory of Gibraltar - a longstanding source of contention. The BBC's Danny Wood reports : PKG
The United States Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has paid a brief visit to Iraq. CNN's Jamie McIntyre is in Baghdad. PKG
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