1Leading trade unionists have told the Government to keep its nose out of the wage round. There are upset at comments made by Associate Finance Minister Richard Prebble that wage claims of 30% were "bizarre" and 8% was what he considered acceptable.

2There is no limit to what doctors can charge for child consultations under a new General Medical Services benefit Scheme.

3Federated Farmers is spearheading a campaign to publicise the precarious future many farmers are now facing.

4Maori political activist Eva Rickard arrived home today after being expelled from Tahiti by French authorities.

5Opposition leader Jim McLay says United States President Ronald Reagan has made it clear that he wants the impasse over the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) settled as soon as possible.

6The British Government has ordered six more Soviet officials out of the United Kingdom as tensions between London and Moscow over spying allegations deepen.

7A massive reshuffle at the top of China's ruling Communist Party (CCP) is regarded by analysts as consolidating the position of the country's leader, Deng Xiaoping.

8The Tuesday Documentary "Our Voice & Our Vision" screened on TV2 earlier this evening. The programme commemorated Suffrage Day, when new Zealand women won the right to vote in 1893 and traced the course of women’s liberation by following the changing lives and attitudes of the women who participated in the Albert Park Suffrage Day demonstration in 1971. Interview with one of the women who participated in making the documentary.

9New Zealand farmers are facing tough times, with rising costs and falling incomes. The Government has said that no competent farmer should go to the wall, but federated Farmers believes an increasing number are in real financial difficulty.