31 March 2009 - The Commerce Commission has warned the Real Estate Network Limited (REN) that it and its members risk breaching the Commerce Act. REN is a cooperative company representing approximately 95 per cent of licensed residential real estate agents in and around Christchurch.

31 March 2009 - American astronauts had just taken their first steps on the moon when Margarret Fidow began extramural studies at Massey University.

31 MARCH 2009 - Public submissions on Waitakere City Council's draft 10 year plan open today, March 31.

The plan, also known as the Long Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP), sets out the council's key priorities and projects over the next 10 years, and their estimated costs.

31 MARCH 2009 - A literary biography about one of New Zealand's most important writers - CK Stead - will be published this year thanks to a $35,000 CLL Writer's Award.

Biographer and academic, Judith Dell Panny received the award in 2006 enabling her to write the book.

Wellington, March 31 NZPA - New Zealand's "criminal friendly" justice system needs to be changed so violent offenders are not eligible for bail, the Sensible Sentencing Trust says.

31 MARCH 2009 - Kiwi entrepreneurs received a boost last week with the launch of a venture fund towards start-up enterprise.

31 March 2009 - Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to gather intelligence on Auckland Zoo's elephants and help solve the de-coding game as part of the zoo's ASB April School Holiday activities (10 April - 26 April).

Wellington, March 31 NZPA - Taupo teenager Jahche Broughton will never get out of jail, if the father of murdered Scottish tourist Karen Aim has his way.

Wellington, March 31 NZPA - A former Taranaki cheese maker has been acquitted of stealing 13.5 tonnes of cheese.

Auckland, March 31 NZPA - The grieving father of a murdered teen wants to know why the judicial system allowed his killer to be free on bail after another violent crime when he stabbed his son to death.