1A Wellington company of economic consultants is warning that New Zealand's present economic boom will end in a recession by the end of next year.
2Australian Prime MInister Bob Hawke's Labor Party has won the Australian federal election, however the result was far from the landslide victory predicted.
3Melanesian separatists in New Caledonia say they will call off their disruption campaign for independence if the French authorities release all political prisoners.
4The biggest security operation ever seen in Ireland is being mounted for next week's European Community Summit in Dublin.
5Cook Strait Rail ferries will experience direct competition for their freight business when a private service opens early next year.
6Although heart surgery is currently receiving much media attention, away from the sensational heart replacement operations, less publicised heart operations on small children are also causing controversy.