1National Party Deputy Leader Don McKinnon has resigned as Opposition Defence spokesman after the party made a dramatic turnaround on its nuclear policy. The Caucus decided that the 'Neither Confirm Nor Deny' policy of the United States regarding nuclear capable ships would no longer suffice, and if elected Government, they would require a firm guarantee that no ships entering New Zealand are nuclear capable.

2Secrecy remains around Government plans to sell Telecom.

3Paul Dally has pleaded guilty to abducting, raping and murdering 13-year old schoolgirl Karla Cardno last year and today received a mandatory life sentence. Cardno's stepfather Mark Middleton had to be dragged from the court after yelling abuse at Dally and lunging towards him.

4Brent Walker, the man who sparked a manhunt in South Canterbury after shooting a traffic officer, has been jailed for 12 years.

5Wellington's Sesqui Carnival folded today, less than halfway through its run and $6.5 million in debt.

6Two Auckland businessmen appeared in court again today, charged in connection to millions of dollars missing from the collapsed Tricorp Company.

7The driver of a school bus which crashed near Napier last month, killing three New Caledonian students, has been charged with dangerous driving causing death.

8A new bitter row has erupted in the custody case of Hilary Morgan. Dr Eric Foretich has launched three defamation cases, one of which is against Hilary's mother, Dr Elizabeth Morgan.

9There are fears in South Africa that violence in the tribal homelands of Bophuthatswana and Ciskei could upset negotiations towards a multi-racial democracy.

10Violent attempts to block the introduction of a new poll tax has turned Town Halls into battlegrounds right across the United Kingdom.

11The Business Roundtable has said the Government's failure to curb trade unions and spending has caused economic hardship for many New Zealanders.

12A plastic replica of the extinct Moa is bound for a Japanese museum.