1Trouble is brewing between hawkes Bay farmers and horticulturalists over widespread spray damage to vineyards, apple orchards and other crops.

2It is feared that strikes at two dairy factories today could put tomorrow's conciliation talks at risk.

3Opposition Immigration spokesman Roger McClay says the latest statistics shows New Zealanders are emigrating as quickly as possible to escape law and order problems, rising inflation and high interest rates.

4Police in Bhopal have blamed negligence and poor safety equipment for the Union Carbide gas leak which killed over 2,500 people.

5It is being claimed that two Sydney kidney transplant patients have died after reciving kidneys from a male homosexual donor suffering from AIDS.

6Two crew are missing, presumed dead, after an Iraqi missile attack on a Greek tanker in the Persian Gulf.

7Top Soviet politician Mikhail Gorbachev is in London at the invitation of a group of British MPs.

8The Soviet Union has just launched an unmanned space probe called Vega 1, which is designed to explore the atmosphere and surface of the planet Venus.

9New Zealand' only Maori University has produced its first graduates, but their degrees in administration and Maori language may not be recognised as the University has no official status.

10On the lead up to Christmas, the streets of Kelvin Grove in Dunedin have become packed with people, as the homes switch on their Christmas light displays.