1New Zealand lamb and butter exports to Europe appear set for drastic cutbacks, but farmer should see no drop in their returns.

2Two Greymouth fishermen are missing after their boat capsized in dangerous seas at the mouth of the Grey River, in flood since yesterday.

3Police have been searching the seas around Waiheke Island after a yacht was found drifting and abandoned.

4The Government is considering introducing random breath testing of motorists.

5Harbour Board workers in Lyttelton are taking industrial action with the support of their bosses.

6Chilean military leader General Augusto Pinochet has called an emergency meeting of his ruling Junta, hours after being overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Chile's first referendum in fifteen years.

7Timaru has recorded its driest September since records began 91 years ago. The figure highlights the tragic circumstances drought-stricken farmers are experiencing in South Canterbury.

8This season's crop yield has been disastrous in the farm belt of the United States, thanks to a widespread drought. The hard times have led to an increase in grain theft, but farmers and police have devised a novel way to fight the crimewave.

9The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is already judging its two-month tax amnesty to be a success.

10Leading civil liberties campaigner Barry Wilson has urged the Government to speed up the introduction of an impartial authority to investigate complaints against the police.

11Maori fishing negotiators met face-to-face with Opposition leader Jim Bolger today to be told again that the law giving them their rights would be abolished under a National Government.

12Six Air New Zealand hostesses are to be asked by their union not to accept promotions for the time being while they await a decision on alleged sexual discrimination by Air New Zealand.

13An American farmer and crop artist is using his land as a blank canvas for art which needs to be appreciated from the air.

14Solo sailor Ashley Coulston is struggling to get across the Tasman as he attempts to head back to Australia.