1Dr Roderick Deane, author of the Deane Report on the Maori Loans affair, today denied that any papers are missing from that report. Meanwhile, Network News has uncovered evidence linking the last National Government with the Hawaiian businessman at the centre of the loans scandal.

2The Department of Health is trying to determine the source of a mysterious chemical which has spilled into the Manukau Harbour and poisoned fish.

3Fears are growing for the safety of British hostage negotiator Terry Waite, who has gone missing in Lebanon.

4Reports from Manila indicate that yesterday's unsuccessful coup attempt may have been the first step in an attempt to form a breakaway State in the northern Philippines.

5Sixty one people have died during four days of flooding in Sao Paulo, Brazil. More than 8000 people have been left homeless.

6United States President Ronald Reagan delivered his annual State of the Union address this afternoon, in which he claimed many successes for his administration both at home and abroad, and largely overlooked the Iran arms affair and the diversion of funds to Nicaraguan Contra rebels.

7Soviet leader MIkhail Gorbachev today made a speech denouncing his predecessor, Leonid Brezhnev for the "decline and decay" seen across Russia. He also indicated that significant changes will be introduced in the Soviet Government, including a system of democratic elections for Party officials.

8An international scientific conference in Palmerston North was today told about a medical breakthrough establishing a link between Alzheimer's Disease and Down's Syndrome.

9An industrial safety officer says it may be time to look at the qualifications of workers who build cranes on construction sites. His comments follow two serious accidents in Auckland city involving cranes in the last six months.

10A young man was killed when the car he was driving rolled on the Hayward's Hill near Wellington this afternoon.

11A Wellington scientist is breeding Giant Weta in the hopes of replenishing a dwindling population.