Scenic Drive, Titirangi. Photo / Meagan Ramages
2. Slip reveals PM's PR secrets
The Prime Minister's office has been left-red faced after John Key's personal briefing notes were accidentally sent to a reporter, revealing details about a killing that were not yet public.
The email, sent to the Newstalk ZB newsroom, also mentioned a secret, taxpayer-funded visit by United Nations ambassadors to Queenstown as part of New Zealand's UN Security Council bid and gave candid details about Mr Key's talking points for media on a wide range of issues.
Prime Minister John Key. Photo / Mark Mitchell
3. Kiwi singer caught up in sex-tape scandal
Celebrity opera singer Teddy Tahu Rhodes is caught up in a sex-tape scandal across the Tasman.
The 47-year-old singer - partner of Australian TV golden girl Lisa McCune - is allegedly in a leaked video tape with a mystery brunette. The video, which apparently shows the couple having sex, has been leaked to two women's magazines in Australia.
Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes in Sydney in 2012. Photo / Snapper Media
4. Jolie's comments spark race row
Angelina Jolie became the subject of controversy in China after she labelled film director Ang Lee Taiwanese, not Chinese, inadvertently embroiling herself in complex cross-Strait relations.
Angelina Jolie. Photo / AP
The Maleficent actress was asked at a press conference to name her favourite Chinese director, to which she responded with Lee - who created Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
"I am not sure if you consider Ang Lee Chinese, he's Taiwanese but he does many Chinese-language films with many Chinese artists and actors, and I think his works and the actors in his films are the ones I am most familiar with and very fond of," she said.
Lee was born in Pingtung, in southern Taiwan, but Jolie's comment angered some Chinese natives who were offended by the implication that Taiwan and China are separate countries.
5. Dairy stabbing: A 'humble' father killed
The scene of the stabbing. Photo / Dean Purcell
A 13-year-old boy was last night charged with the murder of a West Auckland dairy owner, stabbed in the neck in his store.
The teenager and his 12-year-old accused accomplice were also both charged with aggravated robbery by Waitemata police.
Police located the boys after father-of-two Arun Kumar was found stabbed in the Railside Dairy on Great North Rd in Henderson about 7.30am yesterday.
The schoolboys were also being quizzed about a spate of aggravated robberies, the Herald understands.
- nzherald.co.nz, NZ Herald, APNZ, UK Independent
