1This hour-long special reviews the big news stories of 1985: including; 1. The inauguration of United States President Ronald Reagan for his second term in office 2. Waitangi Day ceremonies 3. The war of words over nuclear ships and the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) 4. Mining controversy on the Coromandel, leading to the establishment of a new Ministry for the Environment 5. British miners' strike ends 6. Death of Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko 7. Fringe Benefits (perks) tax returns disappointing 8. Archbishop Paul Reeves becomes the first Maori Governor General of New Zealand 9. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) research and funding 10. New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRFU) forced to call off planned All Black tour of South Africa 11. Death of Sir Basil Arthur, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives 12. Lengthy and bitter Industrial disputes 13. Sheffield football stand fire tragedy 14. Social Credit Party rebranded as the New Zealand Democratic Party 15. Death of Joe Walding, New Zealand Ambassador to the United Kingdom 16. Monet exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery attracts tens of thousands of visitors 17. Dollar float and Labour economic package 18. Timaru by-election 19. The gradual rise of women in powerful positions 20. Keri Hume wins Booker Prize for The Bone People 21, Telethon raises over $6 million for the Child and Youth development Trust 22. New Zealand Party gets a new leader in John Galvin 23. Natural disasters in Colombia, Mexico City, Northern Italy, Puerto Rico 24. Bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland 25. Disquiet within the National Party 26. Controversy over Maori land on the Manukau Harbour 27. Royal visits 28. American space programme succeeds in repairing satellites in space 29. Former MP John Kirk extradited and sentenced 30. Drought causes financial hardship for farmers 31. Maori push for self-determination 32. Homosexual Law Reform Bill introduced 33. Tory Strait Air Albatross plane crash 34. Young Southland woman Ann Crawford receives a new heart 35. National Party leadership crisis 36. Waitemata Mayor Tim Shadbolt sued for defamation 37. Geneva Summit between Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and United States President Ronald Reagan produce an accord 38. Worsening international image produces a crackdown on the media in South Africa 39. Prime Minister David Lange speaks at the Oxford Union Debate and is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 40. South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty signed at the South pacific Forum 41. Musician Bob Geldof organises the Live Aid concert for Africa and spearheads the international humanitarian campaign 42. United States transport plane crashes in Newfoundland, killing 248 servicemen 43. 1985 is being called The Year of the Aircrash, after a disastrous year in the skies 44.