1Prime Minister David Lange has challenged the New Zealand business community to become more competitive and less dependant on state services and subsidies.
2The qualified support for the Labour Government's proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) won by the Finance Minister at a Labour Party regional conference yesterday has left a lot of ill-feeling among party supporters in the region. However, party President Margaret Wilson says the party is in no danger of splitting over the issue.
3A man has been charged with murder following the brutal bashing and killing of a man in Ponsonby on Friday.
4Auckland kidnap victim John Scurr remains under tight security as the hunt for his abductors continues.
5The death toll from a fire at a Buenos Aires psychiatric hospital is currently sitting at 79.