1The Wellington High Court has ordered that land or assets claimed by Maori groups can not be transferred to the new State corporations as scheduled. A final decision will be made tomorrow afternoon.

2On the eve of the birth of the new State corporations, the passing of the old Government departments was marked. A look at how the public servants are coping with the change.

3The looming trade war between the United States and Japan could mean New Zealanders will be forced to pay higher prices for Japanese electronic goods.

4Share values in New Zealand have risen, on what has been an historic day's trading. Today the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) became the first State owned enterprise (SOE) to list on the stock exchange.

5Headline News 1. Drivers' licenses may soon carry a sticker to declare that the motorist is a registered organ donor. 2. For the first time this season, the full Bluff oyster fleet went to sea. This should end the Bluff oyster shortage currently affecting the country. 3. Australian police and wildlife officers are continuing their hunt for American tourist Ginger Meadows, who was grabbed by a large saltwater crocodile in the Prince Regent River in a remote part of Western Australia.

6After meeting for seven hours in Moscow today, British Prime MInister Margaret Thatcher and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev have emphasised the difference between their two political systems, and their failure to agree on a wide range of issues. Tomorrow she is to meet with freed dissident Andrei Sakharov.

7A British soldier has been killed in Belfast after Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorists dropped two blast bombs on the roof of a patrol vehicle.

8The Wellington High Court has ordered that land or assets claimed by Maori groups can not be transferred to the new State corporations as scheduled. A final decision will be made tomorrow afternoon. Analysis of the High Court decision. Meanwhile, 1500 State servants marched on Parliament today to express their concern over changes being made to the public service. Interview with Public Services Association (PSA) President, Colin Hicks.

9A new court is to open in Auckland tomorrow to deal specifically with commercial cases. In the past complicated business litigation has often dragged on for years, but the new Court is expected to halve the amount of time such cases take.

10The Vietnam War movie Platoon won four Academy Awards (Oscars) this evening. A group of New Zealand Vietnam Veterans give their opinion on the movie and talk about how it compares with their personal experiences.

11Worldwatch The United States has announced it is replacing all 23 of its Marine security guards at the American Embassy in Moscow as an indication of its concern over the spy scandal there. They will be rotated back to the United States, to assist with the investigation into two Embassy guards suspected of cooperating with the Soviets. What are the UNited States Marine Guards, and how are they trained?

12Worldwatch After meeting for seven hours in Moscow today, British Prime MInister Margaret Thatcher and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev have emphasised the difference between their two political systems, and their failure to agree on a wide range of issues. Tomorrow she is to meet with freed dissident Andrei Sakharov.

13Worldwatch Thirty-eight Spanish traders are facing rial, accused of passing off refined industrial rapeseed oil as olive oil, which they sold in poor neighbourhoods. Around 600 people are said to have died as a direct result, while 25,000 others have suffered a variety of illnesses in the two years since the scandal broke.

14Worldwatch Vincent Van Gogh's painting The Sunflowers sold at auction today for NZ$70 million.

15Worldwatch The Vietnam War movie Platoon won four Academy Awards (Oscars) this evening. However, the filmmakers were originally turned down by the Pentagon as they believed the movie was presenting a picture of American forces that was potentially harmful to the United States military.