1Labour's Caucus committee has deferred a decision over whether or not rebel MP Jim Anderton can remain a member, following his comments condemning the Government's sale of State assets.

2Opposition Employment spokesman Winston Peters has outlined his economic options for reducing unemployment.

3A report on Maori health standards has found that rising unemployment is a major contributing factor to the low standard of Maori health. The report also calls for greater recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi and more educational resources at tribal level.

4Three people were crushed to death in Brisbane today when a concrete slab fell onto a crowded footpath.

5The French media is reporting that Rainbow Warrior saboteur Alan Mafart may still be returned to Hau Atoll.

6New Zealand may commit troops to help monitor a United Nations (UN) ceasefire between Iran and Iraq in the Persian Gulf.

7United States Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis has dismissed revived attempts to drum up fear about his mental health.

8Security was tight when British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher took a walkabout in Sydney this afternoon.

9Mathias Rust is celebrating freedom in West Germany tonight after spending a year in prison in the Soviet Union for landing a light plane in Moscow's Red Square.

10A meeting of key Oil Ministers in Geneva has prompted fears of a sharp decline in world markets.

11A campaign is underway to return the Wanganui River to its natural state. However, conservation of the river would lead to a rise in electricity prices.

12Could New Zealand's Governor General Sir Paul Reeves become the next Archbishop of Canterbury?

13The findings of Judge Sylvia Cartwright's Commission of Inquiry into cervical cancer treatment at National Women's Hospital will be released tomorrow.

14The north-eastern coast of the United States has been polluted with medical waste (including phials of contaminated blood), sewerage, toxic and agricultural chemicals and acid rain.

15Breaking News Brian Blake, one of New Zealand's most famous photographers, has died suddenly tonight in his Auckland home, aged 61.