1The Government wants $20 million back from the old Auckland Harbour Board and plans to legislate to recoup the funds from four Trust accounts the AHB created before it was disbanded. The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) also wants a share, creating a 3-way tussle over the funds.
2A man is in hospital with serious injuries after cutting into a gas main in Saint Heliers Bay.
3The Government is tightening the rules to keep dangerous psychiatric patients off the streets by updating the laws surrounding the committal and treatment of those with serious mental illnesses.
4Mark Williams, the Auckland man who shot and killed burglar Jimmy Rapata, was in court today charged with firearms and cannabis offences.
5Former Chairman of RSL Investments, David Samuels has appeared in court on fraud charges.
6An Auckland doctor has spoken out about the dangers of being an inner city practitioner. He has been banned from prescribing controlled drugs, but says he is frequently threatened by drug users.
7Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa has asked the United States Congress for a substantial package of economic aid to save Poland.
8Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says the changes in Eastern Europe do not reflect the failure of socialism.
9New Zealand's Socialist Unity Party stalwarts have today made it clear that they do not believe communism is dead, despite reports from Eastern Europe.
10All attention in Berlin is on the Brandenburg Gate amid expectations that it will soon be thrown open.
11Unemployment has increased by about 4000, bringing the total number of jobless in New Zealand to around 152,000. However, the Labour Department says the increase is largely due to procedural changes in its statistics-gathering. However, nearly one in four unemployed are long-term unemployed, who have been out of work for more than one year.
12A tornado has ripped through Huntsville, Alabama, killing at least two people and leaving many more trapped in houses and vehicles.
13Thousands have been evacuated from their homes in southern Spain after torrential rain triggered flash flooding.
14Batman The Movie will open in New Zealand theatres tomorrow and the country appears to have developed Batmania.