1Rescuers have given up hope of finding any more bodies from the Channel Island ferry which sank off the port of Zeebrugge. The final death toll is 135. Three separate inquiries have begun into the cause of the accident.

2An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck just off the east coast of the South Island today, and was felt in parts of North Canterbury

3Many Bay of Plenty residents are becoming concerned at a breakdown in hygiene standards and the threat of disease, in the wake of last week's big earthquake.

4Prime Minister David Lange says tidal wave damage in the Tokelau Islands last week is more extensive than previously thought.

5Prime Minister David Lange today publicly apologised for saying two former top Government officials were at an American anti-Communist conference, when they were actually at home in New Zealand.

6Huntly miners are calling for the Government to delay the sacking of around half the workforce by six months. They have walked away from the job for the next 24 hours to show their disapproval fo the Government's new corporate policy.

7Acting Opposition leader George Gair today described Government plans to make corporations out of Government departments "a huge con trick", claiming taxpayers will have to pay again, for what they already own.

8There is optimism in the United States that an agreement on eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe can be reached with the Soviet Union before the end of 1987.

9Soviet Foreign MInister Eduard Shevardnadze has arrived in Laos as part of his lengthy tour of Asia.

10Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has rejected calls for an inquiry into how Israel became involved in spying on the United States.

11Outspoken conservative Anglican Churchman The Right Reverend Sir Edward Norman has died in London.

12The Government plans to move swiftly to crack down on violence, following a Caucus meeting today in which they discussed the findings of the Roper Report. One submission to the report suggested that junk food may be one reason why people become violent. Should there be some research into the possible link between diet and behaviour?

13A record six-month profit by Brierley Investments Limited (BIL) failed to impress the stock market today.

14Three thousand Dunedin homes and a large hospital will be without telephones for up to three days because of an apparent act of vandalism.

15Peter Wilkinson, the leader of a Greenpeace expedition that returned from the Antarctic today, says his organisation intends to maintain its presence on the ice.