1Prime Minister David Lange has launched a thinly veiled attack on British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe, who said that the Government's anti nuclear policy could threaten New Zealand's trade in Europe. However, Opposition leader Jim Bolger says he is attacking the messenger and ignoring the message.

2Fiji's new Government may be backing away from its hardline election policy of banning nuclear ship visits to Fijian ports.

3Waitemata City Mayor Tim Shadbolt has withdrawn his application for a three month sabbatical following widespread criticism.

4Iran Contra investigators have laid charges against Conservative fundraiser Carl (Spitz) Channell for defrauding the United States Government by raising the money to arm the Nicaraguan Contras under the cover of a tax-exempt foundation. He immediately admitted his guilt and named others involved in the affair.

5An American working for the Mafia was jailed today by an English court for his part in a $28 million drug conspiracy.

6Mystery surrounds the fate of two teenage station hands whose bodies have been discovered in the middle of the Great Sandy Desert in Australia.

7Headline News 1. Bay of Plenty earthquake victims will face a winter of hardship unless the GOvernment speeds up earthquake relief. 2. BHP Minerals granted a mining exploration license for Bay of PLenty and Waikato 3. Raw sewage is spilling into the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland due to pressure from building developments

8Analysis of thee latest Eyewitness/Heylen political poll, which shows significant rises in the popularity of the Labour Government, and a comparative drop in the popularity of the Opposition National Party. Economic optimism has reached a record high.

9The expulsion of Soviet diplomat Sergei Budnik has fueled speculation that it is only part of a deeper investigation into Soviet activities in New Zealand.

10The Labour Party's left wing, led by unionists, has succeeded in getting one of its own candidates elected to stand in Porirua. However, the election of Graham Kelly has not been popular. Reports of an orchestrated push from Labour's left to grab safe seats has prompted hot denials from the Party's President Margaret Wilson, and the leader of the left wing faction, Jim Candidate. However, Labour's moderates are demanding changes to the way the Party selects its candidates. Analysis of the election in Porirua with political scientist Alan McRobie.

11The newspaper industry in New Zealand is to undergo some major changes this year, as the three main print corporations stake out new territory. New papers are to be launched, old papers will be redesigned and previously independent newspapers ar to be taken over. All three corporations have radio interests and some have interests in television as well. An agreement is also close on the adoption of new print technology which could bring even further changes in the print industry..

12Worldwatch Three reports on the Irangate affair: 1. Iran Contra investigators have laid charges against Conservative fundraiser Carl (Spitz) Channell for defrauding the United States Government by raising the money to arm the Nicaraguan Contras under the cover of a tax-exempt foundation. He immediately admitted his guilt and named others involved in the affair. 2. Claims of a deal between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Congress to cover up details of Irangate 3. Death of an American volunteer in Nicaragua fuels the anti-Contra backlash

13Worldwatch The British Labour Party is purging itself of its radical left-wing activists. However, one Black candidate is now accusing Labour of being racist.

14Worldwatch Controversy surrounds over the possible appointment of a Benjamin Zephaniah, a Black Rastafarian poet and musician, to Trinity College at Cambridge University.

15Worldwatch Tunnels under the White Cliffs of Dover, used as a secret command post during the Second World War, have recently been opened to the public