1Coup Three Air New Zealand crew members are being hailed as heroes after they overpowered an armed hijacker at Nadi Airport. The siege began this morning when Ahmed Ali, a Muslim Fijian Indian (Indo-Fijian) who works at the airport, walked onto the plane full of passengers and declared he had a bomb. Passengers from the hijacked plane have now arrived safely in New Zealand, largely unaware of the incident.

2Coup Fiji's coup tonight appears to be over, but there have been reports of increasing violence across Fiji. Governor General Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau has taken executive power and dissolved Parliament. He says he has appointed a Committee of Advisors until a general election can be held. Fiji's Constitution will also be reviewed. Coup leader Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka has made no statement today and his whereabouts are unknown. Many people are demonstrating and fighting in the streets and riot Police are struggling to keep order.

3Coup Prime Minister David Lange has issued a cautious statement, saying he supports Fijian Governor General Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau efforts to restore democracy in Fiji and has made an appeal for calm in Fiji. He will now wait to see what action Ganilau takes, before committing the New Zealand to a stance on the situation.

4Coup The Federation of Labour (FOL) and its Australian counterpart, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) have imposed a trade ban on all Fijian goods. This action will halt fuel supplies to Fiji as well as freeze Fiji's exports.

5Coup Fiji's Consul General in Auckland, Mikaele Yasa (Mike Yasa), who strongly condemned the coup, and has been summoned home by the military-led Council of Ministers, has applied for asylum in New Zealand.

6United States warships in the Persian Gulf have been placed on high alert, after 28 sailors on the frigate USS Stark were killed by an Iraqi missile. Iraq has expressed "profound regret" over the attack, which they say was "an unintentional act".

7Fire fighters have been awarded a 15% pay increase, backdated to December 1986.

8The sharemarket is recovering some of the ground it lost in yesterday's dramatic slide.

9Fishermen are facing massive increases in the amount they will have to pay for the right to catch some fish species., such as orange roughy, paua and crayfish. The Government says the new fees are based on overseas prices.

10In spite of record unemployment in New Zealand, many orchardists have been forced to use illegal overseas workers because they can not attract enough local workers.

11Breaking News The Australian Government has ordered the immediate closure of the Libyan People's Bureau in Canberra. It has also ordered Libyan officials to leave Australia.

12New information about the Haast Eagle has been uncovered at the University of Canterbury regarding the way the extinct eagle hunted Moa as its prey.