1Christchurch police are now certain that missing six year old Louisa Damodran is dead.
2Indian Prime MInister Rajiv Gandhi has completed his tour of New Zealand. The tour has been labelled "a great success". Today, Prime MInister David Lange is hosting the Prime MInister of Botswana, Quett Masire who is in New Zealand on a six-day State visit.
3A group of Maori pilgrims who have petitioned The Vatican to appoint a Maori Catholic Bishop in New Zealand feel confident that Pope John Paul II will make an announcement about their plea during his visit to New Zealand next month. The Pope stopped to speak with the group during his weekly audience in St Peter's Square.
4The Te Maori Exhibition has ended its showing at the National Museum in Wellington today after nine weeks.
5French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac says he personally ordered the French Navy to open fire on a trawler which sank in the southern Indian Ocean ten days ago.
6New Zealand's top hairdressers competed in the National Championships in Dunedin today.