1Analysis of the latest Eyewitness News / Heylen poll which examines who the voters want to lead National into the next election.

2Half of New Zealand's milk supply is being tipped out because of the ongoing Dairy Workers' dispute. 1000 workers have now been suspended at thirteen of New Zealand's forty dairy factories, and the dispute has cost the Dairy Board an $8 million dollar baby formula contract with the Soviet Union. In a late development, tanker drivers from Te Rapa have broken ranks and withdrawn their industrial action. They 4are currently moving milk to Maungaturoto for processing.

3Documents suggest American Customs officials were informed about the plight of a shipment of breeding sheep during a search of the plane in Honolulu. Hawaiian authorities refuse to accept responsibility for the death of 57 sheep and English livestock importers are planning a formal protest to the United States State Department.

4The Japanese are keen to soothe frayed relations between Japan and New Zealand caused by the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) collapse.

5A coroner's inquest into Auckland's tragic Terwindle Rest Home fire in July has found it was probably the work of a female resident of the home who was a pyromaniac.

6United States President George Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will hold a Summit meeting next month on board naval vessels in the Mediterranean.

7East German leader Egon Krenz has arrived in the Soviet Union where he says he wants to learn about Perestroika.

8Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has survived a Parliamentary debate on a motion of no confidence against her.

9The Chinese Government says it is pulling its troops out of Tiananmen Square from tomorrow.

10The Rainbow Warrior Tribunal has begun its hearing in New York. New Zealand wants a ruling on the departure of French agents Dominique Prieur and Alain Mafart from Hau Atoll ahead of schedule. France has meanwhile detonated a new nuclear device at Mururoa Atoll.

11A London car dealer says he used the Encyclopedia Britannica to perfect an invention that is now threatening the entire racing industry - an ultrasonic gun hidden in binoculars that can be used to 'nobble' racehorses.

12The Government's new policy on adopting babies from overseas is under attack from many New Zealand couples. A look at the arguments for and against foreign adoption.