1The Government is to bail New Zealand Steel out if a huge loan commitment on the long-running Glenbrook mill expansion project.

2The troubled Nelson-based commuter airline Air Albatross has gone into voluntary liquidation.

3New Zealand's 5000 police officers say they are prepared to take limited industrial action to force their wage claim. However, they say public safety will not be compromised.

4The nurses' pay claim was settled today, with most receiving an increase of around 14-15% on top pf the annual general adjustment.

5A paper released by the Government says the controversy over the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) has forced New Zealanders to think more realistically about defence and security.

6Senator Edward Kennedy (aka Ted Kennedy) has stunned Americans today with his announcement today that he will not seek the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination in 1988.

7A hostage drama in the French city of Nantes has entered its twentieth hour. Three armed men continue to hold several people hostage in a courtroom.

8More than 700 New Zealanders have died on the roads this year, the second highest toll on record. Each year, road accidents ruin Christmas for many New Zealand families. The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has launched its annual campaign to encourage New Zealanders not to drink and drive.

9Domestic violence in New Zealand peaks around Christmas time. Among the Christmas books on sale this year, is a book offering a reason why this is the case. Wellington feminist Sue Kedgley has written a book entitled, The Sexual Wilderness, in which she examines the way the women's movement has changed both women and men in New Zealand over the past fifteen years.