1A formal complaint has been made to Energy Minister Bob Tizard after a Radio New Zealand (RNZ) reporter was struck at several times during a meeting outside Parliament today between Tizard and a group of Huntly miners, disgruntled at the job losses being inflicted on their town.

2West coast miners and their families took to the streets in Westport today, in protest at all the job losses being inflicted on their region.

3Education Minister Russell Marshall has told those state servants who are likely to lose their jobs due to corporatisation of the state services, that they should consider retraining to become teachers.

4Government departments that have not been corporatised are to face a severe pruning of their operating budgets in an effort to achieve 10% spending cuts.

5Thames residents returned to their homes today following an overnight civil defence emergency, when houses on the outskirts of the town were threatened by a bush fire.

6Many Kawerau workers at the Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill were shocked after seeing, for the first time today, the scale of the devastation on their workplace caused by the earthquake that occured two weeks ago.

7Government departments that have not been corporatised are to face a severe pruning of their operating budgets in an effort to achieve 10% spending cuts.

8Two workers have been contaminated by radioactive material at the Lucas Heights research laboratories in Sydney. However, the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC) says the amount of radiation that leaked during a fire last night would have "insignificant consequences for the public".

9United States President Ronald Reagan has narrowly won an important Senate vote over aid to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

10United States President Ronald Reagan restated today that he was not aware of all the facts regarding the arms for hostages deal with Iran.

11Former religious sect leader Andy Narain returned to New Zealand this evening in custody after being extradited from Australia to face charges of assault and illegal restraint.

12Labour Party officials are concerned at the possibility of a vote-splitting group standing in four key West Auckland electorates in the next general election. High profile Waitemata Mayor Tim Shadbolt is believed to be contemplating a move into national politics.

13The Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has increased its interest rates on first mortgage house loans by 1%.

14Roman Catholic officials say the Vatican is in financial trouble and the Church will appeal to the world's Catholics to help out with the cash crisis. However, questions are being asked about the Vatican's money dealing.

15The British Labour Party has toned down its anti nuclear defence policies even further, now saying it would not order American cruise missiles out of the United Kingdom, as long as talks continued between the Superpowers for a ban on all medium range nuclear weapons in Europe.