1Heart Transplants New Zealand's politicians and doctors are currently involved in a very public fight over the possibility of performing heart transplants in New Zealand. The Government believes the money needed to establish a heart transplant unit could be better spent elsewhere in the public health system. They say on strictly economic grounds, there are better investments and more urgent priorities. The medical profession are eager to use skills that they have developed and which they believe patients have a right to receive. However, there is intense competition to be the first in New Zealand to perform this kind of surgery, as they would be assured of a demand for further surgery that would guarantee their future. Patients are stuck in the middle of this emotive argument. Discussion and viewer feedback with New Zealand's first heart transplant patient in 1984.

2The Soviet nuclear submarine that caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean has sunk, but military experts say there is little risk of radiation from its nuclear reactor or missiles. All the crew were rescued except for the three who were initially killed in the fire.

3British security forces have recovered a gun from a hotel near the venue for the British Conservative Party annual conference in Bournemouth.

4A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

5Mother Teresa of Calcutta has arrived in Sudan, where it is hoped she may be able to persuade rebels in the south of the country to open up supply routes to an estimated two million people dying of starvation in Sudan.

6Queen Elizabeth II will arrive in China next week on her first official visit there. Chinese society is till based on strict discipline, but within that framework radical changes are taking place.

7An infrared camera is recording the progress of a young Giant Panda cub at Tokyo Zoo.

8Heart Transplants New Zealand's politicians and doctors are currently involved in a very public fight over the possibility of performing heart transplants in New Zealand. The Government believes the money needed to establish a heart transplant unit could be better spent elsewhere in the public health system. They say on strictly economic grounds, there are better investments and more urgent priorities. The medical profession are eager to use skills that they have developed and which they believe patients have a right to receive. However, there is intense competition to be the first in New Zealand to perform this kind of surgery, as they would be assured of a demand for further surgery that would guarantee their future. Patients are stuck in the middle of this emotive argument. Discussion and viewer feedback with New Zealand's first heart transplant patient in 1984.

9A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

10Heart Transplants New Zealand's politicians and doctors are currently involved in a very public fight over the possibility of performing heart transplants in New Zealand. The Government believes the money needed to establish a heart transplant unit could be better spent elsewhere in the public health system. They say on strictly economic grounds, there are better investments and more urgent priorities. The medical profession are eager to use skills that they have developed and which they believe patients have a right to receive. However, there is intense competition to be the first in New Zealand to perform this kind of surgery, as they would be assured of a demand for further surgery that would guarantee their future. Patients are stuck in the middle of this emotive argument. Discussion and viewer feedback with New Zealand's first heart transplant patient in 1984.