1Household Budgeting Many New Zealanders use plastic credit cards to cash in on bargains and sales, especially as the Christmas shopping season approaches. However, while credit cards make purchasing easier, they do not make paying any easier. Debt is a prospect currently facing thousands of New Zealanders, from all walks of life and across all income brackets. However, many cities and towns are setting up Budget Advice Bureaus, free assistance to help people organise their home budgets. Discussion and viewer talkback with former budget advisor Jim Maguire, who now works in the Social Welfare Department's Budget Advisory Department.

2United States President Ronald Reagan has made a live address to the nation in order to explain why the Super Power Summit in Reykjavik failed to reach an agreement on reducing nuclear weapons. He ascertained that the problem was Moscow's insistence that a reduction in nuclear weapons be linked to the United States abandoning the Star Wars missile defence programme.

3A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

4Household Budgeting Many New Zealanders use plastic credit cards to cash in on bargains and sales, especially as the Christmas shopping season approaches. However, while credit cards make purchasing easier, they do not make paying any easier. Debt is a prospect currently facing thousands of New Zealanders, from all walks of life and across all income brackets. However, many cities and towns are setting up Budget Advice Bureaus, free assistance to help people organise their home budgets. Discussion and viewer talkback with former budget advisor Jim Maguire, who now works in the Social Welfare Department's Budget Advisory Department.

5A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

6Household Budgeting Many New Zealanders use plastic credit cards to cash in on bargains and sales, especially as the Christmas shopping season approaches. However, while credit cards make purchasing easier, they do not make paying any easier. Debt is a prospect currently facing thousands of New Zealanders, from all walks of life and across all income brackets. However, many cities and towns are setting up Budget Advice Bureaus, free assistance to help people organise their home budgets. Discussion and viewer talkback with former budget advisor Jim Maguire, who now works in the Social Welfare Department's Budget Advisory Department.