1Prime Minister David Lange says he will withhold information from the courts and deliberately ignore his party's resolutions to keep secret his deliberations on nuclear warship visits.

2Farmers expecting direct help from the Government's long-awaited farm package, may be disappointed, according to Prime Minister David Lange, who is at pains to point out that the package will not provide a miracle cure. Farm prices are seriously depressed at present, and thousands of farms are estimated to be on the market.

3Buses are back on the roads in the five New Zealand cities in which bus drivers have been on strike for the past nine days, however the wage dispute has not been resolved.

4New Zealand's nurses say the recent pay offer by Health Minister Dr Michael Bassett is not enough, and accuse the Minister of misleading the public by quoting wage offers of 28% to 40%.

5Former Cabinet Minister Dr Ian Shearer says he believed the National Party's hierarchy was about to try to axe him again, and this led to him resigning all of his posts within the party.

6Cabinet has approved the establishment of a Government agency to handle consumer affairs. The new Ministry of Consumer Affairs will promote consumer law reform and education, and to support existing organisations in the efforts to support the public.

7The New Zealand Party has outlined its health policy, calling for more private hospitals and private medical insurance for everyone.

8Some of New Zealand's top artworks will be auctioned tonight in Auckland, among them, 28 paintings by forgotten New Zealand artist Francis McCracken.

9A 65-year old woman has been rescued in Colombia, twenty-five days after the volcanic eruption which killed over 25,000 people in and around Armero.

10The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has claimed responsibility for a gun and bomb attack on a Northern Ireland police station in Ballygawley, which killed two officers.

11A bomb attack has demolished a Post Office and injured at least eight people in Queenstown, South Africa.

12The crew of the twin-hulled Polynesian canoe Hōkūleʻa spent the night resting in the Bay of Islands after their arrival from Rarotonga last evening,

13Two kiwis, found injured in the bush several months ago, have been flown from the Mount Bruce Sanctuary to a new game park in Queenstown.

14A New Zealand scuba diver has developed a simple device which could save the lives of divers in the future.

15Ceremonies have been held in a number of cities to mark the death of musician John Lennon, shot outside his New York apartment building.