1A group of Samoan men armed with machetes and other weapons attacked a pair of Tongan men in the middle of the crowded Otara flea market this morning, killing one man and seriously injuring another.

2Auckland Central MP Richard Prebble says he is still in control of his electorate committee after its annual general meeting (AGM) today.

3Prime Minister David Lange says a Budget surplus will be announced next week.

4Hawaiian aviation officials are marveling at an emergency landing made by the pilot of a Boeing 737 airliner after an explosion blew out the plane's roof. Only one person was killed - a flight attendant who was sucked out. Another attendant was rescued by passengers who prevented her from suffering the same fate.

5A group of former employees want Fletcher Challenge to accept responsibility for deaths and illnesses among people who worked at a Fletcher Industries asbestos cement factory that closed fifteen years ago.

6Expo '88 opened today in Brisbane, with a spectacular celebration that was full of pomp and ceremony.

7Britain has launched an inquiry to determine whether a wealthy German businessman was the Nazi who ordered the murder of fifty British prisoners-of-war at Dunkirk in 1940.

8Tribute to Scottish actor Andrew Cruickshank who has died aged 80.