1Reports from the United Kingdom and Australia suggest that a terrorist alert is in force for the remainder of the Queen's tour of Australia. There is a fear that the Irish Republican Army (IRA) may strike against Queen Elizabeth II while she is in Australia.

2South African police have used tear gas to break up crowds of mourners attending the funerals of victims of recent violence. However, in JOhannesburg, a Far Right group has accused the Government of caving-in by lifting the state of emergency in Black townships.

3Latest opinion polls suggest that Right Wing parties will win an absolute majority in next week's election in France. Today Neo-Gaullist leader Jacques Chirac - widely picked to be the next French Prime Minister - criticised New Zealand for refusing to release the two French agents convicted for their part in the Rainbow Warrior bombing.

4Moscow has reacted angrily to United States demands for staff cuts at the Soviet missions to the United Nations (UN) in New York.

5Australian police have seized heroin worth around $3 million at Sydney Airport and claim to have broken up a big drug ring.

6A 31-year old Porirua man will appear in court tomorrow, charged with concealing the death of a child. The body of a newborn baby boy was found on a beach between Titahi Bay and Porirua this morning.

7New Zealand's exports were down $200 million in January 1986, compared with January 1985. There was also a rise in imports, resulting in a trade deficit of nearly $400 million.

8The MInistry of Energy has proposed six new geothermal power stations for the North Island.

9Police in Tasmania have been criticised for not protecting a group of protesters from angry and violent forestry workers during a sit-in at Farmhouse Creek.