1The National Party says it will resolve the entire issue of Maori claims under the Treaty of Waitangi within ten years if it be comes the next Government. However, at its annual conference in Rotorua today, delegates could not decide whether the Treaty should be honoured or challenged and have agreed to disagree over the Treaty's relevance.

2The Government has released its master plan for the future of education. Called Tomorrow's Schools, it will mean a big upheaval for primary schools, but all sides are prepared to meet the challenge.

3A light aircraft which went missing near Christchurch this afternoon has been found. One of the two people aboard was injured.

4New Zealand climber Russell Brice and his British companion Harry Taylor have made mountaineering history by scaling the previously unconquered north-eastern ridge on Mount Everest.

5Iraq's President Saddam Hussein has dropped his demand for direct talks with Iran before a ceasefire can be reached in the Gulf War.