1The Reserve Bank Governor has announced the closure of the foreign exchange market for New Zealand dollars until further notice.

2Prime Minister Elect David Lange has joined outgoing National Party Cabinet Ministers at Wellington Airport to greet the United States Secretary of State George Shultz.

3The majority for the new Labour Government stands at seventeen, with special votes still to be counted.

4New Zealand Party leader Bob Jones wants National and Social Credit to join him in an amalgamated right-wing party to oppose the new Labour Government. However, Sir Robert Muldoon made it clear last night that he blamed the New Zealand Party for National's defeat at the polls.

5The defeat of the National Government has been attributed by some experts to an anti-Muldoon sentiment sweeping through New Zealand.

6The election result produced a double celebration for Dr Bill Sutton, Hawkes Bay's new Labour MP. His victory coincided with the birth of his son.

7Angry authorities are searching the law books after a sea rescue near Christchurch today, to see if the boat's owner can be charged with the breach of any laws or regulations. The boat was powered by a converted lawnmower engine and had no safety equipment on board. Two men and a child drifted in stormy conditions on the open sea for several hours before being rescued.

8Winter weather conditions have closed roads in both the North and South Islands tonight.

9Two part-time soldiers - one a woman - were killed in Northern Ireland today in a landmine explosion.

10The Australian Government are offering Australia's biggest reward for information leading to arrests or convictions in relation to attacks on Family Court judges in new South Wales.