1Darwin Police are to carry out forensic tests to see whether a jacket, discovered at Ayers Rock (Uluru) yesterday, belongs to baby Azaria Chamberlain.

2The Merino Express, the ship that carried New Zealand's first live sheep exports in ten years, has arrived back in New Zealand. It is unclear whether any future trips will be made to Mexico.

3National Party President Sue Wood has departed for the Philippines, where she will be an official observer at Saturday's Presidential election. The temp of the election campaigning has hit a frantic pace, with both parties making extravagant accusations against the other.

4United States President Ronald Reagan has named former Secretary of State William Rogers and former astronaut Neil Armstrong to head an independent inquiry into what caused last week's Challenger space shuttle explosion.

5Air New Zealand's Boeing 747 jumbo jets are not involved in a special check for cracks in the fuselage frames, ordered by the American Civil Aviation Association.

6A state of siege remains in place in Haiti, with most shops closed and people refusing a Government call to resume economic activities. President Jean-Claude Duvalier (aka 'Baby Doc') has toured Port-au-Prince, but his visit failed to quell the civil unrest against his regime.

7Paeroa man Snow Knox is calling for the Rainbow Warrior to be taken to Paeroa's historical Maritime Park.

8The new school year began today amid claims that thousands of students are being affected by a secondary school teacher shortage.

9it is estimated that 25,000 more teenagers are now smoking, than were two years ago. Could the relative cheapness of cigarettes be to blame?

10British pop group the Thompson Twins will play a concert in Auckland on February 14th.

11Daylight savings will not be extended beyond the beginning of March, despite the fact that this is happening in some parts of Australia.

12An item on Friday night's news about new regulations governing truck loads showed a load of timber falling from a truck. This was a simulated accident from a Ministry of Transport (MOT) educational video, not a real event.