1The United States has made new concessions, aimed at securing a treaty with the Soviet Union to ban all intermediate range nuclear missiles. United States Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze will meet in September to discuss the finer details of the deal. A summit between United States President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev may soon follow. However, the United States has rejected any agreement on the disputed West German rockets.

2Long-time Cook Islands Premier Sir Thomas Davis (Tom Davis) has been dismissed by Parliament, after losing a vote of no confidence. However, it will not be clear until tomorrow whether the Queen's representative in the Cook islands will accept his removal from office.

3Election 1987 Prime Minister David Lange has dismissed a National Party booklet which alleges broken promises by the Labour Government. However, he has accused the Opposition of playing dirty politics.

4Election 1987 New Zealand Democratic Party leader Neil Morrison is spending the next two days touring Kaipara, Whangarei and the new seat of Hobson.

5The Wellington City Council is tearing down election posters promoting the National Party's Wellington Central candidate John Feast, saying the signs are illegal and unsightly.

6Federation of Labour (FOL) President Jim Knox has been admitted to hospital for tests to prepare for a hp and leg operation.

7Judge Sylvia Cartwright, the judge heading the inquiry into cervical cancer treatment at Auckland's National Women's Hospital, has begun hearing evidence from patients. She has created a precedent by conducting all interviews personally and poring over more than 1000 patient files.

8An American women, who had never flown an aircraft before, has successfully landed a light plane after her husband suffered a heart attack at the controls.

9Only days after more than 100 people died in a bloody fight over land rights in Haiti, there have been more riots in Port-au-Prince.

10There is growing civil unrest in Panama, where demonstrators have been calling for the downfall of the country's military leader, General Manuel Noriega. The unrest is being watched with concern by a growing number of countries, for fear it may disrupt shipping through the Panama Canal.

11The Solicitor General will be asked to appoint an independent or Crown barrister to help in a High Court hearing about the proposed merger of Watties Industries Limited and Goodman Fielder.

12Fletcher Challenge has announced it is to spend $593 million at its American plant The Blandin Paper Company.

13An international art expert says New Zealand paintings are not the best art investment, arguing that it is safer to buy works that have a more international appeal.

14An Invercargill man has set a world record for shucking oysters.

15Campaign Report The Labour Party concentrated its campaign today on stressing business success stories in the provinces. Prime Minister David Lange toured the Nelson region. Opposition leader Jim Bolger spent the day campaigning in the marginal seat of New Plymouth, which National currently holds by just over 300 votes. Some of the candidates are reluctant to seek the limelight, agreeing to contest a seat for the minor parties, only because no one else was willing to.