1A Police officer's house and a traffic officer's car were firebombed in Kawerau today following a major disturbance at a hotel.

2Cook Strait ferry sailings have been suspended as a result of industrial problems involving Railway shunters at Picton.

3The North Island's main trunk railway line has been blocked all day by a goods train derailment near Feilding.

4Figures just released by the Reserve Bank show that the value of New Zealand's exports is not keeping pace with the cost of imports. The balance of payments figures show New Zealand $1.4 billion in the red.

5Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon says New Zealand Party leader Bob Jones is wrong when he says that New Zealanders owe around $30 billion in internal and external debt. He says the figure is a "quite manageable" $23 billion.

6Labour Party leader David Lange has held a meeting with United States Ambassador H. Monroe Browne.

7New Zealand Party leader Bob Jones has given Christchurch radio talk-back listeners his views on Maori culture and language. He believes the Maori language should be a hobby and not stressed in orthodox education, and says a lot of "sanctimonious claptrap" is talked about the Maori culture.

8Three men have been found drugged in London, inside a crate labelled as diplomatic luggage. One of the men has been named as Umaru Dikko, an exiled Nigerian politician.

9A group of Sikh extremists have begun to release the 250 people they have been holding hostage in Pakistan aboard a hijacked Indian airliner.

10A fully laden supertanker with two unexploded bombs aboard is heading for the Straits of Hormuz tonight after an aerial attack. It is probable the ship was hit by Iranians retaliating for Iraqi missile attacks.

11Thomas Greenwell, the most premature baby ever to survive, has left hospital in Britain after five months in intensive care.

12The runway extension at Christchurch Airport was opened today, and the Airport Committee has unveiled ambitious plans to lure more international tourist flights to Christchurch. The first step involves sheep.

13Campaign Report An explanation of the Sale of Liquor Poll which is undertaken at every general election, but which is often misunderstood.

14Campaign Report The leaders of the four main parties give their assessment of the election campaign so far.