1Analysis of the latest Eyewitness News Heylen poll, which indicates continuing confidence in the Government and most of its policies.

2The National Party's ruling executive has again expressed anger with rebel party member Dr Ian Shearer when he failed to attend a meeting in Wellington.

3Riot police were summoned to Waiuku this evening, when 100 members of the Mongrel Mob gathered in the town's hotel.

4Cabinet has today discussed pay offers affecting State servants, secondary school teachers and the police.

5An Air Force (RNZAF) pilot has been severely reprimanded after being found guilty of negligently losing his aircraft in North Canterbury earlier this year.

6More details about next year's visit by Pope John Paul II have been released.

7Kelvin McCarthy has returned home to New Zealand with a new heart.

8The Government of Western Samoa is seeking an early election after a Budget defeat in Parliament.

9Two Australians, convicted in Malaysia for drug trafficking, have had their appeal against the death sentence turned down by a Malaysian judge.

10New York Police are worried that the gangland murder of mafia boss Paul Castellano may signal the beginning of a bloody power struggle in the city.

11For New Zealand farmers, 1985 has been a tough year. Drought conditions in the South Island began to accentuate financial problems late last summer. A look back at the year that was for New Zealand's rural community, and badle affected farmers look ahead to what 1986 may bring.