1Three major search and rescue operations are currently underway around New Zealand. One is in the Mamaku Ranges near Rotorua, where two men are missing; one is off the Canterbury coast where a yacht in distress is missing; and one far out to sea off the Northland coast where a container ship needed urgent medical assistance from the Westpac Rescue Helicopter for a sick crew member.
2A row has erupted over a Hawkes Bay airborne culling operation in which several hundred sheep were killed or wounded. Were they wild sheep or domestic sheep?
3Prime Minister David Lange is expected to encounter a mixture of lethargy. enthusiasm and hostility when he travels to Australia tomorrow to sign an agreement on Closer Economic Relations (CER) between Australia and New Zealand.
4There have been emotional scenes along the border between Iran and Iraq ahead of next week's ceasefire.
5The Paremoremo Prison protest appears to be over following a clash between local residents and protesters last night.