1Minister of Defence Frank O'Flynn has accused some members of his department of disloyalty after the leaking of "wicked lies" to the media.

2Former Greytown commune leader Andy Narain has been arrested in Australia, under provisional warrants from New Zealand Police, on kidnapping and assault charges.

3Auckland traffic officers are fed up with an increasing number of assaults and are threatening strike action.

4Cabinet has approved a revised police pay claim, provided it costs no more than the $55 million a year budgeted.

5The Tangimoana Defence Communications Facility is "carrying out functions in New Zealand's interest", according to Prime Minister David Lange. However he has refused to give any details on what the facility is actually doing or why it has recently expanded.

6The New Zealand Dairy Board has received a request from Iran to supply a white cheese, which could be worth up to $60 million to the New Zealand economy.

7Iran has halved it crude oil production in a bit to ease the world oil glut and stabilise prices.

8Two days of bloody fighting in Uganda has ended with the overthrow of the military Government.

9The American Sixth Fleet sailed undisturbed into the Gulf of Sidra today, the body of water Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi swore he would defend to the death.

10A series of exotic and bizarre geological formations on one of the moons of Uranus have been revealed in photographs sent back to earth from the spacecraft Voyager II.

11Today is Australia Day, which this year marks the 198th anniversary of the arrival of European settlers at Botany Bay.

12New Zealand country and western singer Patsy Rigger has won a third Golden Guitar Award for Female Vocalist of the Year for Australasia at the 1986 Country Music Awards held in Tamworth, Australia.

13The Goliath Mining Company, the largest gold mining company on the West Coast, has been forced out of business.

14The dismantling of Dunedin Airport's radar began today, a year and a half after it re-entered service.