Urewera Four trial: Boys to speak

5:00am Two boys taken to training camps blindfolded and forced to the ground at gunpoint are set to be star witnesses in the Urewera Four trial.

Convicted criminal passes real estate test

5:00am A man with serious criminal convictions – including sex with a 15-year-old stripper – has been cleared to work as a real estate agent.

Pike River boss tells of job-hunt emails

5:00am Pike River's mine manager job-hunted in the minutes after its fatal November 2010 explosion.

Speaker refuses cash for deaf MP

5:00am Parliamentary Service cannot find an extra $20,000 to $30,000 to allow deaf MP Mojo Mathers to participate in debates.