1Former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos and a ninety-strong entourage arrived in Honolulu today to begin a life in exile. Meanwhile, in the Philippines, President Corazon Aquino has called for national unity.

2Maori activist Dun MIhaka was arrested again today, the second time since Queen Elizabeth II's arrival in New Zealand. The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip has opened the Motunui synthetic petrol plant.

3The Government has approved a second shipment of live sheep to Mexico, and loading is expected to begin in Timaru tomorrow.

4The rift between the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) and the Government deepened today with each side accusing the other of mishandling the dispute.

5The Department of Labour's Quarterly Survey, released tonight, shows a 12.2% rise in the average weekly pay packet in the past year to November 1985.

6United States President Ronald Reagan said tonight that it would be "reckless, dangerous and wrong" for the United States Congress to reduce his military budget request to US$320 billion.

7Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says the ringleaders behind Cairo's overnight rioting have been arrested and are under interrogation.

8A small but persistent flotilla protested against the arrival of two French Navy vessels in Sydney Harbour today.

9NZI Enterprise has withdrawn from the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race and is expected to return to New Zealand on Saturday.

10The Timber Industry Federation has stepped up its campaign against Government plans to establish a Forestry Corporation to make forestry more efficient.Interview with Finance Minister Roger Douglas about the growing private versus state debate and whether Government influence on the forestry industry should increase or decrease.

11Meat works around New Zealand were closed again today, and may remain closed for some time yet. A background to the industrial dispute between freezing workers, works tradesmen, clerical workers and shift engineers working in the industry and their employers.