1There appears to have been a breakthrough during negotiations over secondary teachers' pay claims.
2Food prices rose by almost 2% in January.
3Police Minister Ann Hercus has ordered an urgent investigation into allegations that police are making improper use of information held at the Wanganui Computer Centre.
4Former Greytown commune leader Andy Narain could be extradited from Australia sooner than planned.
5The husband of jailed Rainbow Warrior saboteur Dominique Prieur says he has no cause to be optimistic that his wife will be released early.
6The Director of the Antarctic Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Bob Thompson has rejected criticism of the way he dealt with the Greenpeace Antarctica expedition.
7The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) today rejected allegations that it ignored warnings of problems of seals on the space shuttle Challenger's booster rockets.
8The Barclays Index fell back today. Analysis of the first Eye Witness News Heylen poll of 1986, which considers how New Zealanders are feeling about the state of the country's finances and the Government's handling of the economy.
9Interest rates are a growing concern to most New Zealanders. The results of the latest Government stock tender will be announced tomorrow.
10Over the past few months, the Department of Social Welfare has been analysing its relationship with Maori, following a report which accused the department of institutional racism. An advisory committee has been visiting Marae around New Zealand to try to assess the problems and the needs of the Maori people. Its Chairman, John Rangihau predicts there will be growing racial violence in New Zealand unless Maori values are given more weight. A look at one of the hui, held in Christchurch.