1A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

2The clean up continues around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The Soviet media says a recently developed neutralising membrane is being spread on the ground to prevent radiation leaking into the soil and water. However of concern is the fact that there is no way of knowing the effect of the radioactive material already released. However, a study of the Marshall Islands could offer clues into what the legacy of Chernobyl might be.

3A group of Commonwealth mediators have arrived in South Africa, for talks aimed at reaching a truce between the White Minority Government and its Black Nationalist opponents, the African National Congress (ANC).

4This week marks the first anniversary of a confrontation between authorities in Philadelphia and members of a radical Black liberation group known as MOVE, a confrontation which ended in tragedy.

5Conan, a 22 pound lobster estimated to be 154 years old, almost ended up as someone's lunch until a public outcry saved his life.