1France is sending 1000 extra police to New Caledonia to help control the violence that has so far left three people dead and twenty-six injured. A state of emergency still exists with a strict dusk to dawn curfew. The New Zealand Government has warned New Zealanders not to travel to New Caledonia.

2Nelson's water supply should be returned to normal within a couple of days following flooding which caused a pipeline to break.

3The strike by Tauranga power Board workers is over and they have returned to work.

4Reports broadcast this morning about an airliner with 197 people on board ditching into the Persian Gulf have turned out to be a hoax.

5Next month pakistan will hold its first general elections in eight years.

6The number of deaths from terrorism in Northern Ireland for 1984 was the lowest since 1970.

7A British airlift to aid Ethiopian famine victims will be coming to an end in about three months unless the Government changes its mind and extends the operation. However, people working on the ground say that despite all the humanitarian efforts, the situation is worsening.

8A Middle eastern woman lost more than a million pounds' worth of jewelry when her handbag was stolen while she lunched at Harrods in London.

9A consortium led by New Zealand Oil and Gas is exploring for oil in Arnold River on the South Island's West Coast.

10Thousands of litres of seawater flooded the massive shark tank at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World in Auckland last night, bringing the underwater aquarium project close to completion.