1New Zealand fruit and vegetable growers are concerned about the chance of the New Zealand horticultural industry being devastated by the Queensland fruit fly following the arrival of the first shipment of tomatoes into Auckland under the Closer Economic Relations (CER) free trade agreement between New Zealand and Australia.

2A letter from the New Zealand Rugby Union informing him that he is to be charged with breaking the rules on amateurism, led All Black Andy Haden to withdraw from the team to tour Australia.

3New Zealand Party candidates have refused to back their leader Bob Jones on a possible coalition with the Labour Party should their party hold the balance of power after the election. Today candidates also elected Janie Pearce as the party's Deputy Leader.

4The cost of New Zealand's imports could rise by 18% for the year to the end of next month, according to the latest statistics.

5Three Dent Island Teal, a species of the world's rarest ducks, have been brought back to Dunedin from an expedition into the Southern Ocean.

6British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was hit in the face by an egg which was thrown at her as she left a Conservative Party conference in Wales.

7Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has visited the Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar where hundreds of Sikh extremists were killed in this month's army operation. The visit was a gesture of reconciliation towards the Sikh community in India.