1Investigations are continuing into the death of a young man at a fairground in Dunedin this afternoon.

2New Zealand's first full-scale petrol price war has broken out, with savings of up to three cents a litre for motorists who shop around. However, fewer than twenty service stations around New Zealand are offering discounted fuel.

3The Department of Lands and Survey is being accused of misrepresentation over a block of land at Kamo, which it gave to Maori owners in exchange for a reserve in the Bay of Islands. Now the Maori at Hauai Bay want their land back and are asking the Maori Land Court to scrap the decade-old deal.

4Palestinian officials say relief provisions brought into refugee camps in south Lebanon will only last a couple of days, and efforts to free the Western hostages from the Islamic captors remain as difficult as ever.

5Former South African Ambassador to Britain, Denis Worrall has confirmed that he will stand for election and will campaign against the country's apartheid system.

6An international cast of movie stars, writers, scientists and religious leaders from the West have joined Soviet officials at a peace forum in Moscow this weekend.

7The new Airbus A320 made its official debut in the south of France today. What impact is the Airbus likely to have on the United States' lucrative Boeing market?