1The Government says it will not see Northland's flood victims left homeless, but says there is no major cash assistance forthcoming.

2Waitemata City Mayor Tim Shadbolt has denied withholding information about flood problems in Henderson Valley.

3Both Government and union representatives has spoken out against the psychiatric nurses' industrial action.

4A spectacular fire in Auckland early this morning destroyed timber worth around $750,000, and police suspect it was arson.

5General Practitioners (GPs) have launched a new initiative to try to encourage young people to bring minor complaints to them, rather than to hospital emergency departments.

6The United States Administration is still working on a strategy for dealing with Libya.

7Despite strong international and domestic pressure to impose trade sanctions on South Africa over its apartheid regime, the Reagan Administration is reluctant to take strong action.

8The launching of the space shuttle Columbia was delayed this morning, as technicians tried to clear a fuel line fault.

9American health officials are divided over whether or not hot tubs contribute to the spread of the disease acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

10Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has become such a one-man industry that he is now selling shares in himself.

11When his girlfriend became ill with an enlarged heart, an American teenager asked his mother to donate his heart to her in the event of his death. A few days later, he died from a brain aneurysm, and has saved the .life of the girl he loved.