1A member of the public has been shot and seriously injured during an armed hold-up at the Mangere Bridge Post Office in Auckland this evening.

2France has reportedly turned down Prime Minister David Lange's proposal for a committee of five Pacific island leaders to visit New Caledonia to discuss the independence issue.

3The Opposition forced a snap debate in Parliament this afternoon to find out if the Government has received an assurance from the United States that nuclear weapons would not be brought into New Zealand as part of the Triad '84 exercise.

4The State-owned energy company Petrocorp has returned a profit dividend to the Government for the first time.

5The opposition Labour Party in the United Kingdom has said they will scrap nuclear weapons if they become Government.

6Veteran Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Richard Miller has been arrested in Los Angeles and stands accused of being a spy for the Soviet Union.

7Almost a decade of civil war in Mozambique could soon be over with the signing of a ceasefire between the Marxist government and the right-wing rebel movement. South Africa is thought to have been instrumental in securing the agreement.

8A chartered launch has sunk on Hamburg's harbour in West Germany, killing nineteen people celebrating a birthday party with a cruise.

9An American researcher has concluded that frequent exercise can lower the risk of heart attacks in general, but increase the risk of suffering a fatal heart attack while exercising.

10With two major cocaine busts in New Zealand so far this year, cocaine is now officially recognised as being a significant problem within New Zealand. Customs and Police have created a special combined Taskforce to combat the spread of the odourless drug, which can be dissolved in solvent to be reconstituted later. In the United States, the cocaine industry is said to be larger than the record industry. An in-depth look at the 'snow' industry and the criminals behind it.

11The Government has confirmed that Sir Edmund Hillary is to be New Zealand's next High Commissioner to India. An interview with Hillary about what the position means to him and what he would like to achieve during his tenure.

12The wives and partners of top level rugby players have criticised rugby administrators for the way they handle the game at top level. The discontent is revealed in a new book by former All Blacks Stu Wilson and Bernie Fraser called 'Ebony and Ivory', in which their wives claim the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRFU) has an "archaic and destructive" attitude to the families of All Blacks.