1Conservation For native forests, cleared to make way for farming; for lakes and valleys flooded to make way for hydroelectric power; for rivers drained for irrigation; for the countryside scarred by mining; for the stretches of coast and the breeding grounds of marine life polluted by industrial waste; for parts of New Zealand made ugly by developers - for all of these it is too late to turn back the clock. This Government has acknowledged a need for the conservation of New Zealand's environment by appointing a Minister for the Environment to look after those interests. But what are his chances if it comes down to a fight over the development of a natural resource, or its less profitable preservation? Discussion and viewer feedback with the Environment Minister, Phil Goff about the planned new Ministry for the Environment and other environmental concerns.

2Energy Minister Bob Tizard says "standover tactics" by environmentalists on the Coromandel Peninsula were completely unjustified and that the mining company had a right to go about its lawful business prospecting in the Whangapoua Forest.

3Israel has retaliated for a Palestinian attack in Jerusalem yesterday by bombing Palestinian bases in southern Lebanon.

4A 76-year old Catholic woman and her son have been gunned down in County Down, Northern Ireland, but authorities believe it was a case of mistaken identity on the part of the Ulster Freedom Fighters.

5There is still no sign of six year old Louisa Damodran, who has been missing since she left school two days ago. Police say they can not rule out the possibility that she has been abducted.

6A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

7Controversy has arisen over remarks Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh is alleged to have made to a group of language students from Edinburgh University. He is said to have told the students that Peking (Beijing) is "boring" and that they should "go home before they get slitty eyes". Meanwhile, both the Duke and Queen Elizabeth II have made a visit to the archaeological site of the Chinese Terracotta Army.

8Conservation For native forests, cleared to make way for farming; for lakes and valleys flooded to make way for hydroelectric power; for rivers drained for irrigation; for the countryside scarred by mining; for the stretches of coast and the breeding grounds of marine life polluted by industrial waste; for parts of New Zealand made ugly by developers - for all of these it is too late to turn back the clock. This Government has acknowledged a need for the conservation of New Zealand's environment by appointing a Minister for the Environment to look after those interests. But what are his chances if it comes down to a fight over the development of a natural resource, or its less profitable preservation? Discussion and viewer feedback with the Environment Minister, Phil Goff about the planned new Ministry for the Environment and other environmental concerns.

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

10Conservation For native forests, cleared to make way for farming; for lakes and valleys flooded to make way for hydroelectric power; for rivers drained for irrigation; for the countryside scarred by mining; for the stretches of coast and the breeding grounds of marine life polluted by industrial waste; for parts of New Zealand made ugly by developers - for all of these it is too late to turn back the clock. This Government has acknowledged a need for the conservation of New Zealand's environment by appointing a Minister for the Environment to look after those interests. But what are his chances if it comes down to a fight over the development of a natural resource, or its less profitable preservation? Discussion and viewer feedback with the Environment Minister, Phil Goff about the planned new Ministry for the Environment and other environmental concerns.