1France is sending 1000 extra police officers to New Caledonia to help control the violence there that has left three dead and at least twenty-six injured.

2Many Nelson residents remain without water, but repair work began in earnest today, and experts hope it will be completed within two or three days.

3The strike by Tauranga Power Board workmen is over and they have now returned to work.

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

5Pakistan is to hold its first general elections in eight years next month.

6The number of terrorism-related deaths in Northern Ireland in the past year has been the lowest since 1970, when 25 people died.

7A British aid airlift to help the famine victims of Ethiopia will come to an end in three months unless the British Government extends the operation.

8A Middle Eastern woman lost over a million pounds worth of jewelry when her handbag was stolen while she ate lunch at Harrods in London.

9A Consortium led by New Zealand Oil and Gas is drilling exploratory wells in Arnold River near Greymouth.

10Kelly Tarlton's shark tank was filled by opening the tidal floodgates last night.