1Police have found a shotgun that may have been used in New Zealand's biggest ever robbery in Auckland on Friday night.
2Five helicopters continued searching over the central North Island today for a light aircraft missing since last Wednesday.
3The latest Ministry of Defence briefing papers say there are major gaps in New Zealand's defences and the continued membership of The Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) is important.
4There is still no sign of an Auckland sea captain missing, and presumed killed, in an air attack in the Persian Gulf.
5United States President Ronald Reagan and Democratic Presidential candidate Walter Mondale will meet in their second and last televised debate at noon tomorrow (NZT). The focus for this debate is foreign affairs and Nicaragua is sure to be discussed.
6Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Government is increasing in popularity in Britain.
7Dog lovers from all over New Zealand have flocked to Invercargill this weekend for the National Dog Obedience Assembly.
8A massive convoy of trucks dominated State Highway One today, on the way from Cambridge to Hamilton's Mystery Creek for the 1984 Truckers' Convention.