1French Prime Minister Michel Rocard has extended an olive branch to New Zealand during his Australian visit. He says he is hopeful the two countries can reconcile at put the Rainbow Warrior affair behind them.

2A serious shortage of Air Traffic Controllers has reached crisis point at Wellington Airport.

3Tapes have been released showing an Air Traffic Controller calmly talking down a crippled United Airlines jet in Iowa last month.

4A rise in suicides and violence by mentally ill patients is being predicted as the likely outcome of hospital budget cuts. The Schizophrenia Fellowship claims patients are being unwillingly forced back into a society that does not have the tools to support them.

5Profile of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the man soon to be named as Poland's first non-Communist leader in 45 years.

6Britain and Argentina have agreed to try to restore the ties that were severed by the Falklands War. Diplomatic talks will take place in Madrid during October.

7Animosity between the Black Power and Mongrel Mob gangs in New Zealand well documented, but today in Hawkes Bay both groups came together in a celebration of peace and goodwill.