1Industrial Relations The industrial relations scene in New Zealand is experiencing a crisis. Three major confrontations - the Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill at Kawerau, the New Zealand Steel expansion site at Glenbrook and the Ford Motor Company's plant in Manukau City - have seen employers lock out workers. The Federation of Labour (FOL) has become offside with the Government and has been accused of being out of step and out of date. it is fashionable for employers to highlight the pettiness and intransigence of the workers, but reason would suggest that the employers must be just as culpable as the workers. There are cases when the employer is entirely at fault, and even instances when employers have engineered stoppages, such as in the freezing industry, in order to save wages at times of low productivity. Discussion and viewer talkback about the role of the employer in the New Zealand industrial scene with the Executive Director of the Employers' Federation Jim Rowe.

2A flash fire in a South African gold mine at Kinross may have killed as many as 240 men. Searchers continue to look for survivors up to one kilometre below ground.

3South African President PW Botha has announced a meeting of Government and business leaders in November to work out a strategy aimed at beating sanctions imposed in the South African Government by the European Community (EEC). West German Foreign Minister has proposed a new political initiative on South Africa to be conducted by the EEC, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The effort would be aimed at organising a dialogue between different groups in South Africa.

4Civil war in Angola is having a devastating effect on the civilian population. Refugees fleeing the fighting are converging on the province of Huambo, where they rely on Western agencies for help. But the town is surrounded by South African backed Unita rebels, who are allegedly laying mines which are injuring thousands of people.

5A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

6Industrial Relations The industrial relations scene in New Zealand is experiencing a crisis. Three major confrontations - the Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill at Kawerau, the New Zealand Steel expansion site at Glenbrook and the Ford Motor Company's plant in Manukau City - have seen employers lock out workers. The Federation of Labour (FOL) has become offside with the Government and has been accused of being out of step and out of date. it is fashionable for employers to highlight the pettiness and intransigence of the workers, but reason would suggest that the employers must be just as culpable as the workers. There are cases when the employer is entirely at fault, and even instances when employers have engineered stoppages, such as in the freezing industry, in order to save wages at times of low productivity. Discussion and viewer talkback about the role of the employer in the New Zealand industrial scene with the Executive Director of the Employers' Federation Jim Rowe.

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

8Industrial Relations The industrial relations scene in New Zealand is experiencing a crisis. Three major confrontations - the Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill at Kawerau, the New Zealand Steel expansion site at Glenbrook and the Ford Motor Company's plant in Manukau City - have seen employers lock out workers. The Federation of Labour (FOL) has become offside with the Government and has been accused of being out of step and out of date. it is fashionable for employers to highlight the pettiness and intransigence of the workers, but reason would suggest that the employers must be just as culpable as the workers. There are cases when the employer is entirely at fault, and even instances when employers have engineered stoppages, such as in the freezing industry, in order to save wages at times of low productivity. Discussion and viewer talkback about the role of the employer in the New Zealand industrial scene with the Executive Director of the Employers' Federation Jim Rowe.

9A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

10A flash fire in a South African gold mine at Kinross may have killed as many as 240 men. Searchers continue to look for survivors up to one kilometre below ground. Forty-four miners have so far been confirmed dead.

11The United Nations (UN) says it will begin airlifting food to millions of starving people, cut off by the civil war in southern Sudan, in defiance of threats to shoot down any planes bearing relief.

12American defence officials are claiming today that a Soviet missile, launched on a test last week, malfunctioned and landed 1500 kilometres off course in China.

13A legal challenge is being mounted against one of the new measures United States President Ronald Reagan has introduced in the war against drugs. The union representing Treasury staff is trying to block compulsory drug testing for Government workers in sensitive areas. Another controversy is brewing over the use of the American military in the fight against drugs.

14Although the magnificent Hubbard Glacier is on the move in Alaska, leading to a massive human intervention to try to save the affected wildlife, some animals are looking after themselves in quite a remarkable way.