1There were scenes of confusion at the Department of Labour's Immigration Office in Auckland today when hundreds of would-be New Zealanders flooded the office trying to find out if the Government's revamped immigration policy would mean they could remain in the country.

2At least 27 people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a truck in Kentucky. More than 30 others were injured. The bus passengers were teenagers returning home from a Church trip. Their bus was hit by a pick-up travelling on the wrong side of the road.

3Australian airline officials are holding an inquiry into a mid-air drama aboard a Qantas 747 jet. Twenty-four people were injured in turbulence during a flight from San Francisco to Sydney.

4The Soviets have begun their long-awaited withdrawal from Afghanistan, after eight years of war.

5New Zealand Members of Parliament (MPs) will, accept 10% to 15% pay rises recommended by the Higher Salaries Commission (HSC) because they say they are justified. New Zealand Democratic Party leader and former Parliamentarian Neil Morrison has called the proposed pay rises "scandalous".

6Revenue Minister Trevor De Cleene says Equiticorp's decision to move its business to Hong Kong will be "no loss to this country" and has warned the company that it could suffer once the Chinese resume control of Hong Kong in 1997.

7The Government has ignored demands from the anti apartheid group Halt All Racist Tours (HART) that South Africa be expelled from the Antarctic Treaty talks.

8The kidnap trial of former Greytown commune leader Andy Narain has begun in the Wellington High Court.

9New Zealand began exporting live cattle for slaughter today. Will this take more jobs from the already depressed agricultural industry?

10Some of the traditional shackles of Communism are being thrown off in China, where sport and recreation is becoming much more prominent in many people's lives.