1Following a Network News report last night, linking the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to the Maori loans affair, Opposition leader Jim Bolger is calling for an urgent judicial inquiry into the affair. Acting Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer says the Government will make some intelligence checks on the CIA link, but has rejected National's calls for an inquiry.

2There is no word on the whereabouts of Anglican Church envoy and hostage negotiator Terry Waite, who has not been seen publicly for several days, while on a mission in Lebanon. Another two Europeans have been kidnapped in Beirut.

3West Germany will hold State elections tomorrow and current Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his Cabinet are expected to be returned to power.

4Although enforced racial prejudice has been officially banned in the UNited States for over twenty years, in many parts of the country it remains the norm. The State of Georgia, for example, has three Whites Only counties. Black civil rights leaders were stoned and abused by residents when they marched in one of the counties last week. Tomorrow, another march is planned - this one with heavy police protection.

5Four young women have been found shot dead at a family home in Sydney.

6A new team of Civil Defence search dogs were put through their paces in an exercise in South Auckland today.

7Two newlyweds in Auckland had some added excitement to the wedding day today, when the Rolls Royce they had hired rolled away during the service and ended up in a garden.