1The Rainbow Warrior is expected to be refloated in two days time. Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Lange says that if he sees evidence proving France was behind the bombing, the New Zealand Government will claim damages.

2Bad weather in the centre of the country disrupted the travel plans of many New Zealanders today. Two Cook Strait ferry sailings and 37 flights through Wellington Airport were cancelled because of high winds.

3Prime Minister David Lange thinks that tomorrow night's Budget increases the likelihood that the Labour Party Conference next week will approve the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

4New Zealand's stock exchanges and foreign exchange markets have had an attack of nerves on the even of the Budget.

5State sector unions have reached a stalemate with the Government over their pay claim.

6The Broadcasting Corporation (BCNZ) has withdrawn a pay offer to radio and television journalists following industrial action by the journalists which began this morning.

7Rioting continues in many parts of South Africa. United States Senate and Congressional leaders say sanctions against South Africa will be passed, although this goes against the wishes of President Ronald Reagan. The Australian Government today announced a list of punitive measures to be taken against South Africa.

8The death toll in the Beirut supermarket bombing has now reached fifty-five, mostly women and children.

9Some of the people who died in the Japan Airlines (JAL) crash last week spent their last half hour writing messages to their loved ones, knowing their plane was in trouble.

10After being trapped for four months in the Antarctic ice, the Soviet supply ship Mikhail Somov has finally reached Wellington.

11Former Labour MP John Kirk, who is fighting extradition from the United States on bankruptcy charges, is spending his time in the Dallas County Jail writing a book.

12A public dispute has broken out between Social Welfare Minister Ann Hercus and Labour backbencher Jim Anderton.

13Cabinet has refused to give teachers a $2000 cash incentive to work in Southland secondary schools.

14Italian wine has become the latest European wine to have been banned from sale in New Zealand due to contamination by antifreeze.

15The Minister of Railways, Richard Prebble has ruled out bringing back the old Silver Star units for the services between Wellington and Auckland.

16Opposition MPs say if material put before Select Committees is handwritten because of last week's typist's strike, and it is hard to read, then they may boycott committees.

17The Department of Health is to have a greater say in the training of ambulance officers. Administration of the National Training School rune by St John in Auckland will be transferred to a National Training Committee.

18The beheaded body of a young man Police found last week in Ruatoria may have been decapitated as part of a ritual slain.

19South Auckland detectives are searching for six street kids after a sexual attack on a twelve year old girl.

20A reminder that radio and television news programmes were disrupted or canceled today because of strike action by broadcasting journalists.