1Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is likely to threaten more New Zealanders than Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). New Zealand has a higher incidence of Hepatitis B than anywhere else in the Western world. Hepatitis B is a virus spread by blood transfer, saliva, semen and sweat which can be contracted through sexual relations or a simple graze in the school playground. It commonly results in liver damage and could lead to cancer of the liver in later life. The virus appears to thrive in regions with a significant Polynesian population. There is a cure - highly effective vaccine exists, but the cost is somewhere between $75 and $90. The Department of Health has agreed to a blanket immunization programme for all babies born to known carriers of the virus, but thousands remain at risk. In Whakatane, the population has refused to wait for Health department approval of funds, and have established their own fundraising effort to buy vaccines for their young people. Discussion and viewer talkback with immunologist Sandy Milne, Chief Technologist at Whakatane Hospital whose research into Hepatitis B is gaining worldwide attention.

2Six people have been killed, and nearly sixty others injured in yet another bombing in Paris.

3Former Coronation Street actress Pat Phoenix has died, aged 62 after a battle with lung cancer. She was famous for her role as Elsie Tanner in the long-running soap.

4The bodes of 177 South African miners, all but five of them Black, have been recovered from the Kinross gold mine.

5A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

6Diana, Princess of Wales has showed off a new Teddy-Girl 1950s-style haircut.

7Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is likely to threaten more New Zealanders than Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). New Zealand has a higher incidence of Hepatitis B than anywhere else in the Western world. Hepatitis B is a virus spread by blood transfer, saliva, semen and sweat which can be contracted through sexual relations or a simple graze in the school playground. It commonly results in liver damage and could lead to cancer of the liver in later life. The virus appears to thrive in regions with a significant Polynesian population. There is a cure - highly effective vaccine exists, but the cost is somewhere between $75 and $90. The Department of Health has agreed to a blanket immunization programme for all babies born to known carriers of the virus, but thousands remain at risk. In Whakatane, the population has refused to wait for Health department approval of funds, and have established their own fundraising effort to buy vaccines for their young people. Discussion and viewer talkback with immunologist Sandy Milne, Chief Technologist at Whakatane Hospital whose research into Hepatitis B is gaining worldwide attention.

8A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

9Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is likely to threaten more New Zealanders than Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). New Zealand has a higher incidence of Hepatitis B than anywhere else in the Western world. Hepatitis B is a virus spread by blood transfer, saliva, semen and sweat which can be contracted through sexual relations or a simple graze in the school playground. It commonly results in liver damage and could lead to cancer of the liver in later life. The virus appears to thrive in regions with a significant Polynesian population. There is a cure - highly effective vaccine exists, but the cost is somewhere between $75 and $90. The Department of Health has agreed to a blanket immunization programme for all babies born to known carriers of the virus, but thousands remain at risk. In Whakatane, the population has refused to wait for Health department approval of funds, and have established their own fundraising effort to buy vaccines for their young people. Discussion and viewer talkback with immunologist Sandy Milne, Chief Technologist at Whakatane Hospital whose research into Hepatitis B is gaining worldwide attention.

10United States President Ronald Reagan has indicated that he would like to reinitiate arms control talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, possibly before the end of 1986. However, this follows twenty-five Soviet staff at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York being ordered out of the United States with two weeks.

11This week marks a year since two devastating earthquakes hit Mexico City, leaving thousands of people dead in the rubble. How have the city's survivors progressed over the past twelve months?

12Tribute to former Coronation Street actress Pat Phoenix has died, aged 62 after a battle with lung cancer. She was famous for her role as Elsie Tanner in the long-running soap.