1Eighteen thousand sheep are currently being loaded on board The Merino Express, for live export to Mexico.

2Miss New Zealand, Sheri Le Fleming Burrow was arrested in Auckland after she allegedly threw a punch at a traffic officer,

3A man who robbed a Christchurch branch of Trustee Bank of $10,000 was tackled by a passerby as he left the central city arcade.

4The Government plans to spend $100 million renewing New Zealand's airport radar systems, a project it says is years overdue.

5Wellington school principal Wally Hirsh Has been appointed as New Zealand's new Race Relations Conciliator. He will assume the role in March 1986 when Hiwi Tauroa steps down from the role.

6The Government and the Combined State Unions (CSU) have agreed on a package of pay adjustments for some State servants, with most details being worked out in the New Year.

7The Government's billion dollar rescue of New Zealand Steel knocked 33 cents off the price of the company's share on the stock exchange today.

8Psychiatric nurses in Auckland have begun a 24-hour strike.

9A major announcement on the Rainbow Warrior affairs is expected to come from Paris in the next few hours.

10The ship Greenpeace has left Sydney, bound for Antarctica. However, critics say the voyage will do more harm than good.

11Anti apartheid activist Winnie Mandela has again clashed with Police in South Africa after she ignored their warnings and returned to her home in Soweto.

12Tourists and locals have been warned to stay out of the water in Northern Queensland after a woman was taken by a crocodile in the Daintree River.

13Eight year old frederick Kemp has made his piano debut with the Philharmonic Orchestra.

14Fokker Friendships marked 25 years of flying in New Zealand today.