The British Foreign Secretary hopes New Zealand and Australia will join an initiative to share diplomatic missions with Britain and Canada in remote countries.

Tapu Misa says John Banks lied to reporters. "He misrepresented the truth and misled the public on more than one occasion. All while a minister of the Key Government."

In a key shift, the United States is lifting a ban on New Zealand navy vessels visiting US ports, and will remove obstacles to defence talks and exercises.

Zain Ali says it may be the perpetrators of violence who are the ones who have besmirched and dishonoured Muhammad.

A youngster from the Solomon Islands has taken on the future king of England in a show of football prowess - and won. "He was good, yes, but not as good as me," said Philemon Fatai, 13.

This morning Queenslanders will begin to digest the reality of the new conservative Liberal National Government - and it involves job losses and deep spending cuts.