1Police have broken a Trans-Tasman drug ring that was importing cocaine into both Australia and New Zealand.

2Prime Minister David Lange has held informal talks with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at her country estate Chequers Court.

3Finance Minister Roger Douglas has devoted an entire speech tonight to blaming the previous National Government for the election-time currency crisis, accusing former Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon of "economic sabotage".

4A full State funeral was held for former Governor General Sir Denis Blundell today.

5Thousands of sheep and lambs have died as a result of the weekend's snowstorms and freezing temperatures throughout Otago and Southland.

6Eleven Irishmen have been charged with attempting to smuggle in seven tonnes of arms for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) aboard the fishing boat Morita Ann.

7There has been strong criticism of Auckland's front-line policing unit following a court decision today exonerating two brothers, Roy and Raymond Howard from a charge of resisting arrest outside the Poenamo Hotel. The two brothers received significant injuries during their arrest, and an internal Police investigation is under way. Did the Police use unnecessary force?

8A group studying the portrayal of women in New Zealand television commercials has concluded that they must either look beautiful, or be prepared to scrub floors. A two week study of commercials that screened during August 1984 has concluded that advertisers are wasting their clients' money and are insulting women by casting them as either housewives or eye-candy.

9New Zealander Dr MIchael Colgan, regarded in the United States as a leading visionary in the field of healthy aging and athletic performance, is back in Auckland briefly, selling his message of huge vitamin doses as a key to healthy living. However, many doctors are shaking their head in disbelief at such a philosophy..

10Following last week's decision by the Law Society that lawyers should be able to advertise their services on a limited basis, Christchurch veterinarian Paul Scott has challenged his colleagues to rethink their ideas about advertising. His challenge comes just as vets begin to review their Code of Ethics.