1More than fifty residents of Waihi Beach have been evacuated tonight, as floodwaters threaten to burst the dam above the settlement.

2Britain has joined France and the United States in refusing to sign the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty. China and the Soviet Union have both signed the agreement.

3Antarctic Treaty nations are holding a private meeting to discuss mineral exploration on the frozen continent. However, Greenpeace says the conference is ignoring some of the most important environmental issues, because they are regarded as too hard to resolve.

4Musician Neil Finn has managed to get a song he wrote and performed himself into the top 10 in the American pop music charts.His new band Crowded House is finding increasing popularity in the United States.

5For the first time, a drug for the treatment of AIDS has been officially approved for use in the United States. AZT is not a vaccine against the disease, or a cure, but it can prolong life for victims.

6Industrial action that threatened to cut power supplies around New Zealand now looks unlikely to proceed, thanks to marathon negotiations between the Electricity Corporation and the Public Service Association (PSA).

7Red Brigades terrorists have claimed responsibility for the shooting of an Italian Air Force General.

8Early results in Kiribati elections indicate that almost half the island nation's 39-seat Parliament will consist of new members.

9It has been announced that the cancer being suffered by Television Two controller John Barningham is AIDS-related.

10An English paraplegic has suddenly experienced an extraordinary recovery after thirteen years.