1Fifteen years ago, newspapers around the country headlined a story about five children aged between two and eleven who had been abandoned by their parents, Ann and John Sabine. The couple have returned to Auckland, where they are living under different names but for some of the children there is no happy ending.

2Government MP Ann Fraser has accused the Opposition of "sexist arrogance" during her maiden speech in Parliament, saying that when Parliament opened, every new female Labour MP was judged on her physical attractiveness by some National Party MPs during the swearing in.

3The Opposition believes that the fact that unemployment is down confirms that their policies while in Government were creating jobs..

4Insurance companies are unhappy with Government suggestions that tax exemptions on life insurance policies might be scrapped.

5New Zealand's Ambassador to the United States, Sir Lancelot Adams-Scheider has confirmed he will retire in early November.

6Whangarei Police have arrested and charged a nineteen year old man in connection with a telephone bomb threat to the Marsden Point Refinery expansion site.

7The weekly newspaper Truth may face action under the Race Relations Act for continuing to publish articles suggesting links between rapists and the ethnic origins of the offenders.

8The value of the British pound continues to slide, dropping below US$1.25 for the first time ever.

9Thousands of soldiers have been arriving in Belgium to participate in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercise known as Operation Lionheart. How do their forces compare with their opposite numbers from the Warsaw Pact countries?

10Sydenham MP Jim Anderton has denied deliberately breaking Labour Party rules by travelling to Australia without the permission of Prime Minister David Lange. The incident has reawakened claims that there is a rift between Anderton and Lange. Interview with Jim Anderton,