1Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and United States President Ronald Reagan are due to sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) in Washington DC around midday tomorrow. There are hopeful signs that this may open the door for further bargaining at the Washington Summit.

2Prime Minister David Lange may lead a high-powered delegation to Europe next year on a 'Save Our Butter' campaign.

3The Ministry of Transport (MOT) is launching its toughest crackdown to date aimed at drunk and speeding drivers.

4Details of next year's Government economic package will be considered in the final Cabinet meeting of the year on Monday. However, it will not contain a Capital Gains Tax (CGT), opting instead to crack down on business tax loopholes.

5All 44 people aboard a commuter jet were killed when it crashed in California today.

6Lawyers representing the New Zealand families of the crew on board Flight 901, the DC-10 that crashed into Mount Erebus in 1979, today finished presenting their evidence in Washington DC.

7Prime Minister David Lange has asked the Auditor General to investigate claims of a second Maori loans affair.

8Top level talks in Wellington today failed to find a solution to the problem of overcrowded police cells.

9A police documents expert told the Gisborne High Court today that there were deletions and alterations in the notebooks of two detectives accused of kidnapping a suspect during the Ruatoria arson investigations.

10Fiji is on the verge of forming a new Cabinet tonight, in a bid to re-establish civilian rule.

11An Italian scientific expedition leaving Christchurch tonight for the Antarctic will be accompanied by a sizable New Zealand contingent.

12The woman best known as "The Happy Hooker"", Xaviera Hollander arrived in New Zealand today, where she will discuss sex on a talkback radio show.