1Rebel Labour MP Jim Anderton has refused to back down over his stance against the sale of the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ). He also believes he can not be expelled from Caucus over his stance.

2Prime Minister David Lange has postponed the two-day Cabinet meeting, which promised to be a showdown between himself and Finance Minister Roger Douglas over economic policy, until Monday.

3A Soviet transport plane, carrying soldiers coming to provide aid to earthquake-stricken Armenia has crashed on landing, killing all 78 on board. New Zealand is to provide financial aid to the huge international rescue and recovery effort.

4An explosion in a crowded market in Mexico City has killed at least 51 people, many of them children.

5Hundreds of hectares of pine forest are ablaze in Dunsandel tonight.

6Tough new drink driving laws came into force today.

7The National Party outlined their education policy today, making it clear they prefer free education and a living allowance for all tertiary students.

8The Government is giving almost $8 million to help people develop ideas for small businesses.

9Television New Zealand (TVNZ) is about to lay off 150 of its staff, many of them from Christchurch, where one-third of staff will lose their jobs.

10Three expelled Australian diplomats and their families are on their way home from Yugoslavia tonight, as relations between the two countries remain at an all-time low.

11The latest European space rocket, the Ariane 4 has returned to earth after successfully launching two new satellites which will bring another 16 channels of television to European viewers.

12Commonwealth Games Chairman Bill Garlick has met African leaders and says a proposed England cricket tour of New Zealand is now unlikely to lead to a Black African boycott of the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.

13Commercial fishermen claim the quota system is in confusion and disarray, thanks to under resourcing leading to a bureaucratic pile-up.

14Last month, a group of Vietnam veterans returned to Vietnam on a visit. The Television New Zealand (TVNZ) crew which accompanied them assess the effects of the long war on the people of Vietnam and the nation's gradual recovery.

15New laws introduced in South Australia in the last month have drastically changed the lives of Transsexuals. They can now marry, and have their sexual status recognised. Now there is a push to have similar laws introduced in New Zealand.