1A child is dead, and a man and two children are missing after a boating tragedy in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf near Waiheke Island this evening.

2Former MP John Kirk remains in police custody awaiting trial for charges under the Insolvency Act after being denied bail twice today.

3The electrical workers' 15.5% wage settlement has pushed the Government's tolerance to its limit. Prime Minister David Lange says the settlement will be allowed to stand, but has warned other groups not to use that figure to begin their negotiations. He also launched a scathing attack on employers for their part in the settlement.

4High mortgage interest rates have been blamed for a personnel crisis in Auckland's Naval dockyard.

5Around thirty children were injured by flying glass when a bomb exploded in a hotel at Umlazi, near Durban.

6Tensions remain high in the London suburb of Briston, as workers try to clean up the damage caused by weekend rioting.

7Both sides are claiming a victory in New Caledonia's territorial elections. The overall vote was against independence, but the pro-independence movement the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) effectively gained control of three-quarters of the country.

8Opposition leader Jim McLay has accused Prime Minister David Lange of "sewer politics" and denied breaking the convention of not criticising the Government's foreign policy while out of the country.

9The Independent Film Producers and Directors Guild has launched a campaign to get more of their locally-made programmes on television by challenging the Broadcasting Corporation's (NZBC) monopoly on programming.