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Five new players feature in the New Zealand Rugby Sevens development squad for next weekend's Oceania tournament in Noosa, Australia.

Voters have one hour left to cast their ballot in the general election. The Electoral Commission says polling booths throughout the country have reported steady flows of people since 9am.

The polls have closed in Scotland in its historic vote on independence. More than four million people were registered to vote and a record turnout has been predicted.

A fire investigator says post-quake over-crowding is pushing up the risk of house fires in Canterbury. Corey McLean was killed saving his pregnant friend from a burning house. Audio

Angry landowners shut down Buka airport in Bougainville in Papua New Guinea yesterday, disrupting scheduled flights and holding the travelling public to ransom.

Political journalist Craig McCulloch reports back from the campaign trail: selfies, smiles and small talk.

People in the west think North Koreans believe everything their dictator says, but as Mediawatch reports, westerners also tend to believe whatever the media tell them. Audio

After two new polls, National's latest four-poll average has risen to 48.9% from 47.5%. Judith Collins' resignation appears to have had no effect on National's standing.

The former All Whites football captain Ryan Nelsen has been sacked as the coach of Toronto FC, a day after making comments critical of the club's general manager.

The subtitle of Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics is 'How attack politics is poisoning New Zealand's political environment'. Mediawatch asks if it has also poisoned the media.

A state of emergency has been declared in northern California, after a magnitude 6 earthquake injured more than 100 people and damaged buildings. Audio

Police have fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters in Missouri after days of unrest sparked by the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman in Ferguson.

New Zealand's longest and most expensive fraud trial, the five-month trial of three former South Canterbury Finance directors, has wrapped up in the High Court at Timaru.

United States police fired smoke bombs and tear gas at a crowd which defied an overnight curfew in Ferguson, where a black teenager was shot dead by police last week.

A plane crashed after taking off in Iran's capital, killing 48 people on board and narrowly avoiding more deaths on the ground. The small plane was an Antonov An-140.

Pen, notebook - and encryption key. It's time to add digital security to the reporter's toolkit, experts say. Mediawatch looks at journalism in the digital age. Audio

As the violence in Gaza intensifies, Palestinians and Israelis are fighting an online propaganda war.

Civil Defence staff are on alert in Northland, as more heavy rain and high winds are forecast. Rural settlements are cut off and hundreds face a fourth night without power. Audio