1Prime Minister David Lange made his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference in Wellington tonight. His wide ranging address focused on the fact that people matter more than money. The Labour Party conference voted unanimously to support the British miners in their six-month strike against pit closures.
2Twelve people have died on New Zealand roads this weekend.
3Local residents are concerned that someone will be killed unless dangerous patients are prevented from escaping from Auckland's Oakley Psychiatric Hospital.
4A hijacked Iranian jetliner with about seventy people on board is believed to have landed in Iraq.
5Zimbabwe's Bishop Abel Muzorewa, just released after ten months in detention accused of subversion, has spoken out strongly against the policies of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe.
6Thousands of South Africans have turned out in defiance of the Government to bury their dead following days of rioting in Black townships which cost forty lives.
7More than $881,000 was raised in a televised appeal for funds for starving children in Africa this morning. "Children in Crisis" was shown nationwide on Television New Zealand this morning.
8Stock identification has been a problem in the United States for more than a century, with cattle rustling becoming increasingly sophisticated. Now a new business has opened up, which endeavours to identify each beast by its unique nose print.