1French agent Alain Mafart is due to arrive in Paris this evening after being evacuated from the Pacific island of Hao. French authorities say he has ben sent to Paris for specialist medical treatment after complaining of stomach pains. The New Zealand Government has protested and warned of further action. Live studio analysis of the latest developments.

2More details have emerged today about a second Maori loans affair.

3Transport Minister Bill Jeffries has called for a report into the number of New Zealanders killed or injured during high speed police or traffic officer car chases.

4Police Minister Dr Peter Tapsell went to Upper Hutt police station today to see for himself how the Police National Armoury there had been broken into and guns taken.

5A group of prisoners at Parklea Prison in Sydney, drinking home brew, sparked a riot that has left 17 prison officers and eight inmates injured.

6Belgium appears to be on the brink of political turmoil following a general election in which the Government Coalition has suffered a serious setback. The election appears to have highlighted a political feud between French-speaking and Dutch-speaking Belgians.

7New Zealand soldiers have begun to leave the only New Zealand base in South-East Asia, Singapore.

8Hamilton liver patient, two year old Regan Chibnall, has made some improvement following his transplant operation.

9A Christchurch chemist is appealing against disciplinary action for illegally selling needles and syringes.

10The verdict in the trial of five Ruatoria arson squad detectives is expected tomorrow.

11The organisers of the Mrs New Zealand Contest are concerned that the women entering the competition are not fully representative of the country's married women.