1Candidates for the National Party leadership have been appearing with monotonous regularity over the past few days, however it now transpires that Sir Robert Muldoon may be rethinking his plans to step down from the leadership. Interview with Sir Robert Muldoon.

2A strong sense of identity and a desire for self-help has emerged on the first day of the Maori Economic Summit, with delegates suggesting both traditional and Pakeha ways of improving the Maori social position.

3Auckland workers in the Kohanga Reo Programme have had mixed reactions to the Government's grant for the new language nest. They are disappointed that there has been no additional funding for existing kohanga reo, which are struggling to stay afloat.

4France has set off another underground nuclear explosion at Mururoa Atoll.

5Tight security measures have been introduced at Otorohanga railway station following a series of mailbag thefts.

6Wellington share brokers Jardine and Co. have tonight made a major Budget prediction, picking an extensive value-added tax, substantial increases in energy prices and the removal of a range of tax concessions.

7Jurors are to receive a substantial increase in fees from December this year.

8A record $53,000 for the painting Pumpkins And Pimenti by New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins has been paid at an auction in Wellington tonight.

9The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) nations have decided to cut back on oil production as a way to shore up falling oil prices.The Ministry of Energy says New Zealand will not be affected by the cut.

10The Soviet Union will stop all fuel supplies to Britain in a show of solidarity with the United Kingdom's striking coal miners.

11The transplant of the heart of a baby into a baby in California is creating controversy, with animal activists threatening repercussions if a similar procedure should be undertaken again. It has also emerged that a suitable human heart was available on the day of the transplant.

12With only a week until the United States Presidential election, polls suggest that President Ronald Reagan has increased his lead over his Democratic challenger Walter Mondale.

13The sons of two wartime heroes have met in Britain, 42 years after the North Africa campaign which was dominated by the personalities of their fathers - Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, and General Erwin Rommel.

14federated Farmers have called on Agriculture Minister Colin Moyle to stress that farmers should not be forced to carry an unfair share of New Zealand's economic burden.

15Interview with Ron Trotter, the organiser of the Economic Summit Conference seven weeks ago, who says he is disappointed that a much greater effort has not been made to follow it up.