1Wealth, Income and Taxation Discussion and phone-in with Len Cook from the Royal Commission on Social Policy regarding people's opinions on wealth, income and taxation.

2An intensive search is underway to find two people missing after their light aircraft crashed into the sea south of Kaikoura today.

3The driver of the tourist bus involved in a fatal crash near Mount Cook this week, is to face criminal charges.

4Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen has still not announced whether he will fight to retain the leadership of his party, or go quietly.

5Former Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon says the new structure of the Waitangi Tribunal is threatening to create more racial tension in New Zealand than it solves.

6Television New Zealand (TVNZ) has defended last night's Close Up programme on Bastion Point, which former Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon claims was racist and biased.

7The city of San Diego will challenge New Zealand's successful court bid to force a special America's Cup challenge. It is thought the American's may strike back by meeting the challenge in a multi-hulled boat.

8Israel's military and civilian leaders are currently deciding how to respond to a deadly guerrilla attack by two Palestinians who hang-glided into Israel in a suicide raid.

9Spanish police believe they have dealt a major blow to the Basque Separatist Group ETA by detaining a group of prominent leaders within the organisation.

10A tanker which was under attack by an Iranian frigate in the Persian Gulf, had its frantic calls for help ignored by a United States warship.

11Hoax bomb calls paralysed Belfast and snipers attacked British police and troops in Northern Ireland overnight.

12A typhoon has devastated eastern coastal areas of the Philippines, killing many people and leaving thousands homeless.

13Soviet leader MIkhail Gorbachev and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher are to have a meeting in London on the even of the signing of the Soviet-United States Treaty on nuclear weapons. This will be the first visit of a Soviet leader in 30 years.

14Forty Cuban inmates holding hostages at an Atlanta prison surrendered to authorities today.

15The Opposition is supporting the AIDS Advisory Council which wants prospective immigrants and long-term visitors to be tested for AIDS.

16Latest figures show a 42% increase in the number of Japanese tourists to New Zealand in the September quarter.

17Former Internal Affairs Secretary Jack Searle has died in Wellington, three weeks after completing a report for Treasury on the future of New Zealand's currency system..

18British artist Stephen Boggs has proven that making money as an artist is actually quite easy, but his efforts landed him in jail for forgery and counterfeiting.

19Wealth, Income and Taxation Discussion and phone-in with Len Cook from the Royal Commission on Social Policy regarding people's opinions on wealth, income and taxation.