Labour leader Phil Goff has admitted the party made mistakes with its so-called nanny-state policies.

There has been speculation that the murder of Sydney businessman Michael McGurk may be linked to revelations of bribes involving state and federal Labour politicians he said he had on tape.

John Key says a Treasury official lost a notebook containing secret government information intelligence services, later found by a journalist.

A journalist finds a notebook on a Wellington street containing information on merging NZ's spy agencies.

Gunmen broke into a drug rehabilitation centre, lined people against a wall and shot 17 dead in Mexico. Photo / AP