1Hundreds of enraged pensioners heaped abuse on Social Welfare Minister Dr Michael Cullen at a meeting in Christchurch today as he tried to explain the Government's superannuation policies.

2Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer has promised that Labour will not campaign in the Presidential style of recent years for next year's election. Report from Day Two of the Labour Party conference.

3United Airlines Flight 811, bound for Auckland from Honolulu, was forced to return to Hawaii because of a faulty door seal.

4A secret meeting regarding the Cook Strait ferry strike today has resulted in some progress on the dispute, but truckies and tourist operators are beginning to feel the effects of no sea crossings.

5The country's twelve ports may grind to a halt on Monday following an eleventh hour breakdown in talks between employers and the Waterside Workers' Union.

6From midnight tonight, some Government departments will cease to exist, hundreds of rules and regulations will be changed and almost every New Zealander will be affected in some manner.

7A Government study has concluded that the proposal for a multi-million dollar highway linking Haast and Milford Sound is unlikely to benefit the tourism industry.

8American narcotics agent have seized a record cocaine haul in a suburban Los Angeles warehouse.

9Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has been found guilty of assaulting a traffic officer as well as several traffic offences.