1Prime Minister David Lange and former Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon are at loggerheads over last year's Higher Salaries Commission (HSC) report, which raised salaries for politicians and top level executives by an average of 37% on the eve of the wage round. Prime Minister Lange says the report caused the Government to lose its moral authority in regards to the wage round and consequently its calls for restrain fell on deaf ears.

2Mobil Oil's Managing Director has disputed figures quoted by Finance Minister Roger Douglas which show New Zealanders losing money on petrol produced at the Motunui Synthetic Petrol Plant.

3Philips Electrical has announced it is to close its Waihi factory, making 170 workers redundant.

4An additional 100,000 overseas visitors came to New Zealand in the past year, boosting foreign exchange earnings from tourism by 18%.

5Fletcher Challenge has produced a net profit of $133 million for the last six months of 1985, a 33% increase in the performance over the preceding year.

6South Korea's Prime Minister Lho Shin-yong, left New Zealand today, telling the Government he wants to expand trade between New Zealand and South Korea. However, in Seoul there is growing unrest over the issue of free Presidential elections.

7Prime Minister David Lange announced his intention to establish a Royal Commission on Social Policy in June. The commission will have a wide-ranging brief, including justice, education, women's affairs and social welfare benefits and will report in 1988.

8Invercargill residents have rallied to the defence of paediatrician Dr John MacArthur following his dismissal by the Southland Hospital Board. However, his dismissal has reopened the debate on abortion in the region, as Dr MacArthur is a member of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC).

9New Zealand cricketer Richard Hadlee has rounded on the news media, following reports that he is moody, cold and at odds with his teammates.