1Brierley Investments Limited (BIL) has purchased 15% of the Government-owned company Petrocorp at a cost of $140 million.

2A man was shot and wounded today as he tried to crash his car through the gate of a house occupied by members of Fiji's Advisory Council. Meanwhile, a young Fijian Indian (Indo-Fijian) man was flown into New Zealand today with serious head injuries. His family claim he was attacked by Fijian soldiers last weekend. More and more reports of violence and harassment of Fijian Indians by indigenous Fijians are now coming to light,

3The United States State Department tonight expressed "regret" at the enacting of New Zealand's anti nuclear policy. The Government's controversial anti nuclear legislation has finally passed its Third Reading in Parliament. Once the Governor General gives his consent, the Bill will become law.

4The United States aircraft carrier Midway arrived in Sydney today, where it was greeted by anti-nuclear protesters.

5Sri Lanka is accusing India of an unwarranted assault on its sovereignty, after the Indian Air Force dropped food and emergency supplies to Tamils in the besieged Jaffna region.

6Britain has closed the Iranian Consulate in Manchester and ordered the five diplomats to leave Britain within a week.

7Figures released today show a small rise in the number of unemployed in New Zealand during the first quarter of 1987.

8The Government wants to employ a woman to conduct an independent inquiry into allegations of inadequate treatment for victims of cervical cancer at National Women's Hospital.

9Yesterday's stabbings in Auckland have raised questions among psychiatric workers and former patients about the Health Department's emphasis on returning people with psychiatric problems to the community. Some parents of intellectually handicapped children say the Health Department is even looking to move their children from residential homes and return them to the community too..

10The Auditor General has rejected National Party complaints about the Government's controversial Rub Out The Crim television advertisements. National says the ads are taxpayer-funded propaganda, but the Auditor General has ruled them informative.

11A group representing students and teachers from around New Zealand have warned the Government not to extend its user pays policy to education.