1Farming Crisis The once conservative rural sector are forming action groups, leading protest marches and accosting Prime Minister David Lange at every opportunity. Tomorrow they will march on Parliament in a rally that organisers say will attract more than 5000 protesters. Farmers say the Government's economic policies have thrown them into real strife, saying marriages are cracking under pressure and farmers are being forced to leave the land. But to many urban dwellers that contradicts their image of a farmer as a well-off landowner, driving two cars and sending children to private schools. Are farmers simply living in the past? Should they not just adjust to economic realities of the 1980s the way the average wage earner has had to? Is it fair for them to expect to keep receiving taxpayer subsidies? Discussion and viewer talkback with John and Christine Anderson, a sheep farming couple from Darfield.

2Experts are saying that today's radiation leak at a Soviet power station in the Ukraine is the worst ever civil nuclear accident. The Soviet Union has been very secretive about the accident, but scientists have detected a wave of radiation sweeping over Scandinavia today.

3Irish Republican Army (IRA) member Seamus McElwaine has been farewelled at a funeral today. he was shot dead by security forces on the weekend while attempting to set a booby trap.

4Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg have joined several of their European Community (EEC) partners in taking action against Libya. Meanwhile, the United States is reportedly moving the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise into the Mediterranean.

5Within Libya it remains unclear whether the American raids have changed the status or authority of Colonel Gaddafi.

6A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

7A cargo of Chinese porcelain rescued from the bottom of the South China Sea has been selling for millions of pounds at auction in The Netherlands. A large proportion of that money will go to the man who salvaged the 18th century wreck.

8Farming Crisis The once conservative rural sector are forming action groups, leading protest marches and accosting Prime Minister David Lange at every opportunity. Tomorrow they will march on Parliament in a rally that organisers say will attract more than 5000 protesters. Farmers say the Government's economic policies have thrown them into real strife, saying marriages are cracking under pressure and farmers are being forced to leave the land. But to many urban dwellers that contradicts their image of a farmer as a well-off landowner, driving two cars and sending children to private schools. Are farmers simply living in the past? Should they not just adjust to economic realities of the 1980s the way the average wage earner has had to? Is it fair for them to expect to keep receiving taxpayer subsidies? Discussion and viewer talkback with John and Christine Anderson, a sheep farming couple from Darfield.

9A brief listing of the New Zealand and international news headlines.

10Farming Crisis The once conservative rural sector are forming action groups, leading protest marches and accosting Prime Minister David Lange at every opportunity. Tomorrow they will march on Parliament in a rally that organisers say will attract more than 5000 protesters. Farmers say the Government's economic policies have thrown them into real strife, saying marriages are cracking under pressure and farmers are being forced to leave the land. But to many urban dwellers that contradicts their image of a farmer as a well-off landowner, driving two cars and sending children to private schools. Are farmers simply living in the past? Should they not just adjust to economic realities of the 1980s the way the average wage earner has had to? Is it fair for them to expect to keep receiving taxpayer subsidies? Discussion and viewer talkback with John and Christine Anderson, a sheep farming couple from Darfield.

11A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

12Experts are saying that today's radiation leak at a Soviet power station in the Ukraine is the worst ever civil nuclear accident. Moscow has confirmed the accident, and says there have been casualties, although there are no details on their conditions. The first signs of the disaster became evident when scientists detected a wave of radiation sweeping over Scandinavia today. An American anti-nuclear group say today's accident at Chernobyl may have involved a core meltdown.

13United States Attorney General Edwin Meese says the United States might expel some of the 1700 Libyan students currently in the country. Meanwhile, the United States is reportedly moving the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise into the Mediterranean to boost its might in the region.

14Three generations of the British Royal family have gathered at Windsor Castle to mourn the passing of the Duchess of Windsor (formerly Wallis Simpson), whose funeral will be held tomorrow.

15A look at the difficulties involved in travel within the Soviet Union. Buying and maintaining private transport is fraught with difficulties, and would-be drivers sometimes have to break the law to get around.