1In an upset election result in Fiji today, the indigenous-led conservative Alliance Government of Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara has been replaced with a multi-ethnic Labour-led coalition supported mostly by the Indo-Fijian plurality, whose policies include banning nuclear ship visits. Fiji's new Prime MInister elect is Dr Timoci Bavadra, a newcomer to politics. The transition of power is expected to go smoothly, despite the Fijian Army being comprised of mostly ethnic Fijians.

2United States Secretary of State George Shultz is en route to Moscow for arms control talks with Soviet leaders. These talks are so significant, that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev cut short his visit to Czechoslovakia in order to prepare for his meeting with Shultz.

3Two Soviet cosmonauts stepped out of the orbiting space station Mir and crossed to a nearby research module which was having difficulty docking with the space station. The space walk screened live on Soviet television.

4Apartheid opponent Archbishop Desmond Tutu has vowed to fight a public order imposed by police in South Africa which prevents public demonstrations against detention without trial.

5African National Congress (ANC) leader Oliver Tambo has arrived in New Zealand, to spread the word that the ANC - often branded a terrorist organisation - wants to be seen as a moderating influence in So4uth Africa.,

6The New Zealand Democratic Party today outlined some of its economic policy ahead of this year's general election.

7The Trade and Industry Department section which handles import license tenders has come under police scrutiny following an internal investigation looking into rumours that some staff were personally involved in some import deals.

8A young Israeli tramping couple were rescued today after five days stuck on a ledge near the Routeburn Track.

9The debate over the future of the Operation Deep Freeze Base in Christchurch is being keenly followed in Tasmania, already promoting itself as a stepping stone to Antarctica, and eager to lure the United States Base to Hobart.

10Seventeen year old Miss Counties Karyn Metcalf has been named Miss New Zealand 1987.

11Potential Japanese tourists are being offered a fresh view of New Zealand in the hope that an extra 5000 Japanese visitors may travel to New Zealand during the April-September period. New Zealanders are being depicted as friendly people, who live in a green land and smile a lot.