1The Air Services Licensing Authority is giving approval to Ansett NZ to operate domestic flights within New Zealand. This decision is another blow to AIr New Zealand's hopes of retaining monopoly status.
- Start 00 : 00 : 08
- Finish 00 : 01 : 08
- Duration 01 : 00
Reporters
- Eric Frykberg (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
2Actor Cary Grant has died aged 82.
- Start 00 : 01 : 08
- Finish 00 : 01 : 26
- Duration 00 : 18
3The owner of Dunstan Peak Station was injured today when his helicopter crashed in the MacKenzie Country.
- Start 00 : 01 : 26
- Finish 00 : 02 : 25
- Duration 00 : 59
Reporters
- Maree Mahony (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Locations
- Omarama, New Zealand (Canterbury)
- Timaru, New Zealand (Canterbury)
4A contingent of British Army soldiers from the Gurkha Regiment have been training around the hills of Tekapo.
- Start 00 : 02 : 25
- Finish 00 : 04 : 13
- Duration 01 : 48
Reporters
- Maree Mahony (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Captain David Baugh (Captain, Gurkha Rifles)
- Lieutenant Mark Benton (Platoon Commander)
Locations
- Lake Tekapo, New Zealand (Canterbury)
5The Finnpolaris, a vessel carrying a team of Italian scientists to Antarctica, is currently berthed at Lyttelton with some unusual cargo aboard.
- Start 00 : 04 : 13
- Finish 00 : 05 : 22
- Duration 01 : 09
Reporters
- Bob Sutton (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Captain Lasse Kulju (Captain, Finnpolaris)
Locations
- Lyttelton, New Zealand (Canterbury)
6A breakthrough by a small West Coast sawmill could result in the widespread development of Red Beech as a quality furniture timber.
- Start 00 : 05 : 22
- Finish 00 : 06 : 47
- Duration 01 : 25
Reporters
- Jim Greenhough (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- John McInroe (Sawmill Manager)
Locations
- Reefton, New Zealand (West Coast)