1Formal negotiations in the Metal Trades Awards talks have been suspended and it is now expected that the Federation of Labour(FOL) and the Employers' Federation will try to reach agreement on guidelines for pay increases and ask the Government to bring in regulations to enforce them.

2The Ford Motor Company has gone to the Auckland High Court seeking damages of more than a million dollars from the Northern Drivers' Union and the Northern Storepersons and Packers Union, in an attempt to stop the picket of the company's manukau City plant.

3Paris has been hit by another bomb explosion, this time inside the Central Police Headquarters. One person was killed and fifty-one others were injured. The bomb is thought to have been the work of a Lebanese terrorist group.

4More earthquakes continue to hit Kalamata in southern Greece where more than twenty people were killed in a major quake on the weekend.

5The New Zealand Maori Council has asked the Government to give tribal authorities greater control over fisheries, following a recent Appeal Court decision recognising Maori customary fishing rights.

6Two Soviet representatives have begun talks with Fijian Government officials on fishing rights and trade. The Soviet Union has concluded a fishing Treaty with Kiribati, and are believed to want a similar Treaty with Fiji and Vanuatu.

7Trade Ministers from 74 countries are in uruguay to decide whether to include agriculture in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

8A preliminary inquiry has begun into the ramming of the Napier wharf by the coastal tanker Amokura, leading to the spillage of 177,000 litres of petrol into the harbour.

9Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer says the history of Government spending in New Zealand is one of "bungling and poor planning", wasting tens of millions of dollars.

10United States President Ronald Reagan has announced a multi-million dollar package of measures to add more fire power to the war against drugs.

11The British Government has sent Home Office Minister David Mellor to Bolivia to examine the drug problem firsthand.

12The European Community (EEC) has agreed on limited sanctions against South Africa for its failure to heed calls for the dismantling of apartheid. However, West Germany and Portugal are holding out against British demands for a ban on coal imports. What impact would such a ban have on the people of South Africa, both Black and White?

13The highly successful Nga Tapuwae College Choir will fly to Sydney this week to take part in the prestigious City of Sydney Eisteddfod.