1The future of the New Zealand Party is uncertain tonight as claims and counter-claims flow back and forth regarding whether the party is going into recess for eighteen months.

2Public support for homosexual law reform has increased by 4% according to a Heylen poll commissioned by gay rights group Campaign For Equality.

3Time is running out for the High Court legal battle over the New Zealand Rugby Union's (NZRFU) decision to send the All Blacks to South Africa. Three All Blacks will lose their State jobs once they tour South Africa, however others will use their annual leave in order to retain their positions.

4The Government has almost finalised its income tax package and Prime Minister David Lange says almost all income recipients will receive tax cuts.

5Prime Minister David Lange has accused the Opposition of trying to run a smear campaign about his recent holiday in Australia.

6The Ministry of Works says the Auckland Harbour Bridge contains inherent design defects and the Ministry id investigating the potential liability of the British designers.

7Two young African stowaways who travelled to New Zealand on board the famine relief ship Ngahere will apply to remain in New Zealand permanently.

8An inquiry is under way in Sydney to determine why a riot broke out during a senior soccer match.

9An underwater robot has found part of the tail and fuselage of an Air India plane that crashed two weeks ago, killing 329 people.

10Police in Northern Ireland used batons to ensure that a march by Protestant Orangemen through the streets of Portadown was able to proceed.

11Prince and Princess Michael of Kent were given a standing ovation when they appeared together in the Royal box at Wimbledon to watch the men's final.

12Sociologist and author Claudia Bell, who has just written a book called 'Women and Change', says she has found ambiguous responses to the Feminist Movement. Women are generally positive about the changes being brought about by the women's movement, but dislike feminists.

13The former Mt Bruce Native Bird Reserve has been renamed the National Wildlife Centre, spruced up and has become a tourist attraction.

14The world's only remaining Avro 626 training aircraft has been restored by the Air Force (RNZAF) and can be seen once again in the skies over Ohakea Air Base.