1Public servants will receive a 7% pay rise this year, in a deal that will change the way they are paid in the future.

2Once again there are fears that violence could break out in Fiji following Brigadier General Sitiveni Rabuka's attempts to return the country to civilian rule. The militant Taukei Movement has not yet made a decision about how they will respond to the latest developments..

3The Audit Office has agreed to investigate a Government-funded Maori ACCESS scheme on a strawberry farm at Bridge Pa.

4Iranian gunboats attacked two neutral ships in the Persian Gulf today, killing one sailor and leaving a tanker burning out of control. This appears to have been Iran's response to an escalation in the ground war with Iraq.

5On the eve of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's arrival for the Washington Summit with United States President Ronald Reagan, thousands of American Jews held a rally calling for more human rights for Soviet Jews. In Moscow, security police brutally broke up a demonstration by Soviet Jews wishing to emigrate.

6An elderly Wanganui woman died today when armed robbers broke into her home, tied up her husband and stole money.

7The Justice Department today freed 37 prisoners and will release another 129 next Monday under its Early Release Programme. However the Police Association says freeing prisoners early is not a viable solution to overcrowding in police cells.

8The cervical cancer inquiry today heard more allegations of mismanagement leveled at Professor Herbert Green and other doctors at National Women's Hospital for their past treatment of cervical cancer patients.

9Officials from three Government departments are considering the possibility of deregulating a number of producer boards, such as The Apple and Pear, Dairy, Wool and Meat Boards.

10The Government has agreed to allow the Health Department establish a specialist team to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies.

11An Auckland father and son are safe and well at home tonight after being rescued from their disabled boat off the Northland coast.

12The Brigadoon, a yacht, once used by the Mr Asia syndicate to smuggle drugs, today returned to its home port of Lyttelton, after raising thousands of dollars for charity in a round the world voyage.