1Eating Out Some of New Zealand's top restaurants, especially in the tourist areas of Rotorua, Taupo and Queenstown, are serving "overpriced garbage that is blatantly aimed at ripping off the overseas tourist." This is the conclusion of restaurant critic and author of the independent restaurant guide Eating Out, Michael Guy. He lashes out at establishments that partner mediocre food with flashy service and notes that they proliferate in the tourist areas. However, many in the restaurant business claim Guy makes these outlandish criticisms simply to attract media attention, and thus sell his book. Discussion and viewer feedback with Michael Guy.

2Pope John Paul II has set off on his longest and most arduous journey of his Papacy, through Asia and the South Pacific, including New Zealand. He is currently en route to Bangladesh.

3An investigation into one of Britain's most notorious crimes, the Moors Murders, has been reopened after 22 years. The Moors Murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around Manchester, England. Their bodies of two children were discovered in graves dug on Saddleworth Moor; and now investigators believe the bodies of two more victims may also be buried on the moor.

4The mother of a British journalist believed to be captive in Lebanon, has made a televised plea for her son's release.

5North Korea's President Kim Il-Sung has appeared in public in Pyongyang, dispelling rumours that he had been assassinated.

6A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

7The Prince and Princess of Wales are currently in Saudi Arabia, where they were gifted a portrait of themselves dressed in full Muslim garb.

8Homegrown escargot (snails) are the latest trend in nouvelle cuisine in the United States.

9Eating Out Some of New Zealand's top restaurants, especially in the tourist areas of Rotorua, Taupo and Queenstown, are serving "overpriced garbage that is blatantly aimed at ripping off the overseas tourist." This is the conclusion of restaurant critic and author of the independent restaurant guide Eating Out, Michael Guy. He lashes out at establishments that partner mediocre food with flashy service and notes that they proliferate in the tourist areas. However, many in the restaurant business claim Guy makes these outlandish criticisms simply to attract media attention, and thus sell his book. Discussion and viewer feedback with Michael Guy.

10A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

11Eating Out Some of New Zealand's top restaurants, especially in the tourist areas of Rotorua, Taupo and Queenstown, are serving "overpriced garbage that is blatantly aimed at ripping off the overseas tourist." This is the conclusion of restaurant critic and author of the independent restaurant guide Eating Out, Michael Guy. He lashes out at establishments that partner mediocre food with flashy service and notes that they proliferate in the tourist areas. However, many in the restaurant business claim Guy makes these outlandish criticisms simply to attract media attention, and thus sell his book. Discussion and viewer feedback with Michael Guy.

12A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

13For the first time in ten months, United States astronauts have stepped aboard a space shuttle on the launch pad.

14Speculation is mounting that United States President Ronald Reagan is looking for a 'fall guy' to take the heat off him over the arms to Iran controversy. Secretary of States George Shultz continues to publically differ with Reagan over the arms sale issue, and is in danger of falling offside with the White House.

15Sales of vinyl record sales are dwindling, with the arrival of compact discs and other new technology.

16The fast and rough sport of roller derby is making a comeback in the United States.