1Three sailors have been killed in a fire aboard a Soviet nuclear powered submarine armed with ballistic missiles. The submarine is about 100 kilometers northeast of Bermuda.
2Dissident Soviet physicist Yuri Orlov and his wife have left for the United States aboard a Soviet plane.
3A New Zealand man, named by the United States police in connection with multi million dollar drugs charges, has admitted an involvement with marijuana in the United States four years ago, but says he has served his sentence and is innocent of the current allegations.
4A stranded fishing boat off rocky Motunau Beach remains unsalvaged tonight because of a hole in its hull.
5An Argentine pilot, killed during the Falklands War, has been buried with full British military honours. His father and sister were in attendance, being the first Argentinians allowed on the Falkland Islands since the 1982 conflict.
6Animal Week has come to an end this weekend with pets and their owners coming together in Auckland for a Blessing celebration at Trinity Cathedral in Parnell, thanks to an initiative by the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).