1The small West Coast town of Reefton is in shock following the worst mining accident in its history. Four men died in the Boatman's Coal Mine yesterday as they tried to flee a fire.

2Prime Minister David Lange has not discounted a CBS News report from Paris that twenty French Secret Service agents were operating in New Zealand prior to the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior.

3The Justice Department is considering using closed circuit television (CCTV) at the lower court hearing of the two french agents charged over the Rainbow Warrior bombing in order to relay proceedings to the huge contingent of press that is expected at the proceedings..

4National MP Don McKinnon visited French agent Alain Mafart, a suspect in the Rainbow Warrior bombing, in Paremoremo Prison today, and says he has no complaints about his treatment.

5A 36-year old Takanini woman is one of three people charged with the murder of Takanini farmer William Worrell.

6Alistair Barr, the man convicted of New Zealand's biggest bank robbery in Lumsden, appeared in a Henderson court today, accused of the murder of his accomplice, Gibson Grace.

7The Tasman Pulp and Paper Company has warned 600 workers, engaged in rolling strike action, that they will be locked out tomorrow if they do not return to normal work.

8An Egyptian suicide car bomb has exploded at a military position in southern Lebanon, killing more than 40 Israeli soldiers.

9The Soviet Union and United Kingdom continue to engage in a tit-for tat game of diplomatic expulsions.

10Britain's Liberal-Social Democratic Alliance has taken a lead of almost 10% over Labour, with the Conservatives running a close third. However, Margaret Thatcher remains the preferred Prime Minister.

11A nine year old Haemophiliac, who received AIDS antibodies through a blood transfusion, has sparked hysteria at a school in Hampshire, England. The boy does not have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), however he is likely to be a carrier.

12South African Police have killed three people over the past eighteen hours, including a ten year old girl.

13Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer has arrived in Washington DC for a crucial round of talks with top United States officials about the Government's anti nuclear legislation and the ongoing row over port access.

14Energy Minister Bob Tizard has told the power authorities to sharpen up their act and has called for changes to the way they charge for the electricity they supply.

15Farmers have managed to convince both Government and Opposition politicians that their plight is becoming desperate. However, while National and Labour agree there is a problem, they differ on whose fault it is and how it can be fixed.

16The New Zealand Dairy Board has secured a half share in a venture with Singaporean food company Cold Storage to supply produce to supermarkets in Singapore.

17Minister of Housing Phil Goff says he is determined to end the "law of the jungle" that rules the rental housing market in New Zealand with new laws to overhaul the current tenancy laws.