1The Australian Government is under pressure to negotiate a new defence agreement to replace The Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS). Opposition leader Andrew Peacock has called on the Hawke Government to dump New Zealand from future defence arrangements because of New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy. New Zealand Opposition leader Jim McLay agrees that the anti-nuclear policy has placed New Zealand's security in jeopardy.

2A baby boy was found abandoned in Auckland overnight.

3A 24 year old man has been charged with the rape and murder of a Westport woman whose body was found near Murchison last week.

4The New Zealand Wool Board expects production to reach record levels this year. However, Chairman Doug Mackelthwaite says the boom will not last indefinitely.

5Saboteurs knocked out the rolling stock ata second nickel mine in New Caledonia today.

6The space shuttle Discovery is due to blast off on its latest journey into space sometime in the next few hours. However, there is a possibility that freezing winter weather might delay the United States' first manned military mission into space.

7A tribute to flamboyant New Zealand entertainer Prince Tui Teka who has died after suffering a heart attack.

8New Zealand will send half a million dollars in disaster relief to the South Pacific countries hit by Cyclone Eric and Cyclone Nigel. Meanwhile, Fijian Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara has begun an inquiry into why there was so little warning ahead of Hurricane Eric.