1The family of Rex Bell, the North Shore motelier gunned down during a robbery in December 1988, has applauded the guilty verdicts delivered to his killers today, and their life sentences.

2Police are considering charges following confrontations outside an Auckland court, where two Black Power gang members were being sentenced to prison terms after a fatal car crash last year.

3Auckland fires safety officers are investigating a blaze at a nursing home that forced elderly residents to evacuate.

4New Zealand Tonight New Zealand headlines in brief: including; 1. A prison officer at Mount Eden Prison has been severely beaten by an inmate. 2. Fruit growers and Ministry of Agriculture (MAF) officials are joining forces to try to end the ban on fruit exports to Australia following the discovery of three Pacific Fruit Flies in Auckland last week. 3. Police are investigating two armed robberies in Lower Hutt today. 4. A leaked Treasury paper has suggested the Government is considering privatising electricity supplies.

5New Zealand's cricketers have secured a thrilling nine-wicket win over Australia at the Basin Reserve.

6Sydney has endured one of its worst storms in a decade.

7World News Tonight World headlines in brief: including; 1. An Alabama stop bank burst after two days of torrential rain, boosting water to over six metres above flood level. Nine people have drowned. 2. East Germans have voted for reunification with West Germany into a single German State. 3. Thieves dressed as police officers have pulled off an art heist in the United States, carrying of works by Rembrandt, Degas, Monet and Vermeer.

8Political Report The latest political news: including; 1. Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer speaks about the Pacific Fruit Fly scare in Auckland. 2. Opposition Finance spokesperson Ruth Richardson spreads messages of economic gloom, saying New Zealand's international investment reputation is poor. 3. Official statistics show the spending power of New Zealanders is rapidly shrinking. 4. Expectations for tomorrow's economic package.

9Divers have been trying to salvage what they can from the ferry turned restaurant that sank in Auckland Harbour yesterday.

10A sad update on Skippy the kangaroo, who featured on 3 National News a few nights ago, and was undergoing heart surgery at San Francisco Zoo. She died today despite surgeons' best efforts.