1The United States and the Soviet Union have shaken hands on an agreement which will eradicate medium range nuclear missiles worldwide.

2A bus crash near Mount Cook today has killed one woman and injured fifteen other Australian tourists.

3The funeral of rescue pilot Peter Button was held in Wellington today.

4Finance Minister Roger Douglas is likely to face some tough questioning from backbench MPs in tomorrow's Caucus meeting. Many are concerned about a rumoured financial package Douglas plans to introduce early next year.

5The Business Roundtable has criticised the Government for not cutting its spending quickly enough.

6British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has praised the New Zealand Government for following what she calls "Thatcherite economic policies".

7Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen is facing a major revolt from within his own party.

8The Government plans to crack down on illegal gaming machines by bringing in a strict licensing system.

9Two year old Hamilton liver patient Regan Chibnall is suffering deteriorating health, putting his liver transplant in Brisbane in doubt.

10There is still no end in sight to the rioting by Cuban inmates at two prisons in the United States. The prisoners are rioting against plans to deport them back to Cuba.

11The British Government's legal bid to stop Wellington's Dominion newspaper from publishing extracts of Peter Wright's book Spycatcher ended in the High Court this afternoon. However, it will be several days before Chief Justice Sir Ronald Davison makes his judgement.

12Attention in the Ruatoria kidnapping case today centred on the complainant, Rastafarian Dickie Maxwell, who alleges he was kidnapped and assaulted by detectives in March.

13The Bell Booth Group Limited, the manufacturers of Maxi Crop, remained silent about the company's future today, after losing a defamation claim against the Ministry of Agriculture (MAF) for $11 million in damages, and having a High Court judge declare that their product does not work.

14Battle of the River Plate veteran, Harry Cooper is angry that most week, he and his comrades are being charged virtually the cost of their war pension for their accommodation at the Ranfurly War Veteran's Home.