1There has been another double shooting in Christchurch - the third in recent weeks. This time, two men have died in Cathedral Square.

2The Development Finance Corporation (DFC) statutory manager has said that small businesses that borrowed money from the bank need not worry by the bank's dramatic collapse yesterday.

3All Air New Zealand domestic and outgoing international flights will cease from midnight tonight for 24 hours due to a cabin crew strike.

4Negotiations between watersiders and port employers broke down this afternoon, leaving all twelve of New Zealand's ports unmanned.

5Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans is trying to persuade top American State Department officials to meet with Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer.

6General Manuel Noriega has successfully quelled a coup attempt. Despite making no secret of the fact they want him gone, the United States Administration has denied any involvement in the coup attempt.

7Thousands of East Germans are standing nervously in freezing weather, awaiting the arrival of trains bound for West Germany. However, they could be the last to leave following the East German Government's decision to seal the escape route through Czechoslovakia.

8New Zealand's hospitals are avoiding blood transfusions where possible and encouraging other options, in response to the AIDS threat.

9The senseless slaughter of animals at two North Island properties has sickened farmers and police.

10The RoadRailer, a half-train-half-truck, developed and built by the New Zealand Railways Corporation (NZRC), has had its first run on the roads.

11Poet Sam Hunt visited his old school today, after being expelled 25 years ago.