1The Government has decided to postpone far-reaching new tax changes, which were scheduled to take effect from October this year.

2A major American study into the use of aspirin to prevent heart attacks has shown conclusively that modest use of aspirin as a blood thinning medication could halve the likelihood of heart failure.

3Queen Elizabeth II is expected to visit New Zealand in 1990 for celebrations to mark New Zealand's 150th birthday.

4The Prince and Princess of Wales have been warmly welcomed in Melbourne.

5A rare meeting has taken place in Wellington of the various unions representing New Zealand's teachers, who have gathered due to concern over the State education system.

6The Government and the Electricity Corporation (Electricorp) are at loggerheads over the price of wholesale power. How are consumers likely to be affected?

7The three-day Neon Picnic music festival, scheduled for Pukekawa this weekend, has been cancelled at the last minute.

8London Police are using a detection technique reminiscent of that used in the film Gorky Park to try to identify one of the victims of th King's Cross tube station fire.

9Aid agencies estimate more than 600,000 people have fled the civil war and famine in Mozambique. Neighbouring Malawi, which was already struggling to feed its own population, has now received 400,000 Mozambique refugees.