1Trans Tasman Rugby New Zealand rugby fans have come to respect The Wallabies as skilful opponents on the field. The current series is all square, with both teams having everything to play for when they meet at Eden Park this Saturday. However, Wallabies coach Alan Jones has courted controversy by criticising the All Blacks for their style of rugby. Discussion and viewer talkback with Australian rugby coach Alan Jones.

2Pulp and Paper workers in Kawerau are still meeting behind closed doors to discuss the mothballing of the giant Tasman mill. A crowd of around 500 people has gathered outside the meeting, desperate to hear the outcome.

3The most serious locust plague in fifty years is threatening the next harvest in many parts of Africa. The problem has arisen because the money dedicated to fighting locusts has been redeployed because of a combination of fighting and government policies in a number of countries. A look at the seriousness of the problem in a small Sudanese village.

4A United Nations (UN) report blames government policies rather than drought, for the food shortages that have affected Africa in the past few years. The report claims there is a bias against agriculture in many parts of the African continent.

5British police investigating the laying of five people at a country house in the New Forest say they want to talk to a handyman who worked at the property, before being sacked recently by his employer, retired publisher Joseph Cleaver.

6Prince Charles is visiting the United States again. He flew into Boston in the new Royal plane in an attempt to market the British built model to the United States.

7A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

8Trans Tasman Rugby New Zealand rugby fans have come to respect The Wallabies as skilful opponents on the field. The current series is all square, with both teams having everything to play for when they meet at Eden Park this Saturday. However, Wallabies coach Alan Jones has courted controversy by criticising the All Blacks for their style of rugby. Discussion and viewer talkback with Australian rugby coach Alan Jones.

9A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

10Trans Tasman Rugby New Zealand rugby fans have come to respect The Wallabies as skilful opponents on the field. The current series is all square, with both teams having everything to play for when they meet at Eden Park this Saturday. However, Wallabies coach Alan Jones has courted controversy by criticising the All Blacks for their style of rugby. Discussion and viewer talkback with Australian rugby coach Alan Jones.

11A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

12Tough media censorship laws are back in force in South Africa, after being withdrawn two weeks ago because of a legal technicality. Journalists are now barred from areas within sight of any unrest or action by security forces. Meanwhile, Soweto is currently bracing for more trouble as plans for a mass funeral continue despite a police ban.

13Some progress has been made in discussions between the United States and the Soviet Union over the detention if American reporter Nicholas Daniloff in Moscow.

14A tear gas canister exploded in the Metropolitan opera House in New York where a famous Russian dance troupe was performing. No one was seriously injured. It is suspected it was the work of a Soviet- Jewish sympathiser.

15Anti-American feelings have flared at the Non Aligned Conference in Harare, with Zimbabwe accusing the United States of "deep seated hostility" towards the Non Aligned movement. This follows a decision to suspend foreign aid to Zimbabwe because of Government statements about United States policy. The strongest anti-American statements, however, were made by Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi.