1Two Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Skyhawks collided in midair over Manawatu today. One pilot was killed but the other successfully landed his aircraft.

2Deputy Opposition leader Don McKinnon has attacked National Party MPs who he claims are hurting the party with "whispering campaigns" and challenged those who would be leader to "put up or shut up".

3Auckland Catholics want the Church to relax its attitudes towards divorcees and there is strong support for women and married men entering the priesthood. Report from the three-day Synod.

4The Government has asked the Court of Appeal for leave to take its case to the Privy Council over Tainui coalmining rights.

5Hungarian President Mátyás Szűrös has declared his country is no longer a Communist State, but a Republic "dedicated to the values of bourgeois democracy and democratic socialism". Today marks the anniversary of the 1956 uprising, which was brutally crushed by Soviet forces.

6Thousands of East Germans have taken to the streets demanding free elections and major political concessions. The resignation of hardline Communist leader Erich Honecker last week has only fueled the drive for reform.

7Fire crews have recovered the first body from a blazing petroleum factory in Texas. More than 100 people have been hospitalised and at least 20 more remain missing.

8Lion Nathan is buying the rights to bottle and distribute Pepsi products in Australia.

9Woody the Cockatoo kept downtown Auckland in suspense today as an elaborate rescue took place. Woody was trapped on a ledge high outside a skyscraper.

10Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) leaders wound up their summit in Kuala Lumpur today with a disagreement over South Africa. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher insisted on releasing her own statement about South Africa, in opposition to the joint Commonwealth Accord, but Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer does not believe this will result in any boycotts of the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. Interview with Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer.

11Most Chinese citizens are being prevented from visiting New Zealand in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre last June. No visa applications are being processed by any New Zealand embassies except for in a handful of cases. The Opposition has called this policy position "outrageous, misdirected and unfair".