1The latest in a series of meetings opposing the Homosexual Law Reform Bill is currently underway in Wellington. Though noisy, the meeting is more civilised than previous meetings which have had to be abandoned.

2Palmerston North heart transplant patient Doug Ruawai has died in a London Hospital, four days after receiving a heart transplant.

3Animal rights organisation The Animal Action League claims it has laced tubes of Colgate toothpaste on sale in New Zealand with hydrogen peroxide.

4Police Commissioner Ken Thompson has ordered an inquiry into the Police handling of an alleged schoolgirl sex racket in Dunedin.

5The Society For The Protection Of Individual Rights (SPIR) has urged the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRFU) to approve an All Black tour to South Africa.

6United States space officials have rejected a plan to send two astronauts on a spacewalk to try to repair a faulty satellite.

7The Government is urgently considering options to prevent having to spend another $239 million for the Marsden Point Oil Refinery.

8Prime Minister David Lange is now in India, where he will hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and President Zail Singh. His seven-nation tour of Africa ended yesterday, with a final appeal for developed countries to do more to help developing nations. A look back at David Lange's African tour.

9A major industrial row is looming in Queensland between the State's electricity workers and the State Governor Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Unionists and civil libertarians have joined forces to condemn anti-strike measures introduced by Bjelke-Petersen.