1South African President P W Botha has denounced British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe's peace mission as "outside meddling" and has rejected demands to free jailed Black nationalist Nelson Mandela. The mission's failure will place increased pressure on the British and United States Government to implement economic sanctions against South Africa.

2Beirut has been rocked by a second car bombing in two days. This one killed at least 25 people.

3British pop star Boy George has been fined $700 for possessing an unspecified amount of heroin.

4A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

5The Duke and Duchess of York are off to their next honeymoon destination, rumoured to be somewhere in the West Indies.

6Bob Lowe and Christchurch Studio discussion with Bob Lowe, the controversial Anglican Canon of Christchurch, who has accused New Zealanders outside of Christchurch, of being "colourless, lacking in style and living in a lonely and puritanical land".

7A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

8Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer says the Commonwealth now has no option but to impose tough economic sanctions on SOuth Africa following the failure of Sir Geoffrey Howe's peace mission.

9United States President Ronald Reagan has accepted a Soviet plan for a series of meetings leading up to a Superpower Summit.

10A group of Russians are holidaying in the American heartland, providing an opportunity for ordinary people of both the Soviet Union and United States to get to know each other.

11The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Chess is creating an increased level of interest in the boardgame.