1Airline Safety Airlines claim that flying is the safest way to travel. The Government has acknowledged, that while New Zealand has so far been largely pared from air disasters, they remain a possibility. The $100 million plus update of the air traffic control system is one action they have put into force. However, in Auckland, airport movements will soon be subject to a curfew - between 7pm and 7am - because they do not have enough air traffic controllers. The Government has also proposed abolishing airport crash fire crews. Discussion and viewer talk back about airline safety with Peter Rhodes, technical director of the Airline Pilots' Association.

2A tornado smashed through several Auckland suburbs this morning, damaging over thirty houses and factories.

3United States President Ronald Reagan has warned that relations between the superpowers could be damaged by the spying charge Moscow has brought against American journalist Nicholas Daniloff.

4Pakistan's President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq has praised the way his troops handled the Pan Am hijacking at Karachi Airport on the weekend, despite the fact that sixteen people died and over 120 were injured in the siege.

5Turkey has tightened security in major cities today, as police hunt for clues to the bloody massacre at an Istanbul synagogue, which cost the lives of 21 Jews and the two-man Arab suicide squad. Israeli prime Minister Shimon Peres has hinted at reprisals, as his Government is plunged into crisis over a statement by hardline Trade Industry Minister Ariel Sharon. Sharon blamed Israel's peace efforts for the attack.

6British police have arrested three men for the massacre of five people at a secluded home in the New Forest.

7Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been enthroned as the first Black head of South Africa's Anglican Church. He immediately appealed to the South African Government to lift a nationwide state of emergency.

8A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

9Airline Safety Airlines claim that flying is the safest way to travel. The Government has acknowledged, that while New Zealand has so far been largely pared from air disasters, they remain a possibility. The $100 million plus update of the air traffic control system is one action they have put into force. However, in Auckland, airport movements will soon be subject to a curfew - between 7pm and 7am - because they do not have enough air traffic controllers. The Government has also proposed abolishing airport crash fire crews. Discussion and viewer talk back about airline safety with Peter Rhodes, technical director of the Airline Pilots' Association.

10A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

11Airline Safety Airlines claim that flying is the safest way to travel. The Government has acknowledged, that while New Zealand has so far been largely pared from air disasters, they remain a possibility. The $100 million plus update of the air traffic control system is one action they have put into force. However, in Auckland, airport movements will soon be subject to a curfew - between 7pm and 7am - because they do not have enough air traffic controllers. The Government has also proposed abolishing airport crash fire crews. Discussion and viewer talk back about airline safety with Peter Rhodes, technical director of the Airline Pilots' Association.

12A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

13Pakistan's President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq has praised the way his troops handled the Pan Am hijacking at Karachi Airport on the weekend, despite the fact that sixteen people died and over 120 were injured in the siege. However, surviving passengers have slammed the commando team at the airport, claiming they played no role whatsoever in freeing them from the jet.

14Breaking News Chilean President General Augusto Pinochet has escaped unhurt following an attack on his car in Santiago.

15United States President Ronald Reagan has warned that relations between the superpowers could be damaged by the spying charge Moscow has brought against American journalist Nicholas Daniloff.

16The proceeds from a charity record called Live-In World will go towards establishing drug rehabilitation centres in Britain.