1An independent report says an extra $350 million will need to be poured into the building of the Clyde Dam before it can be made safe, and that it will be another three years before it is generating any electricity.

2New Zealand Tonight New Zealand headlines in brief: including; 1. New Zealand peace campaigners are worried about reports that work carried out by The University of Otago is partly funded by the American military. 2. Fifteen of Waiheke Island's new Telecom card phones have been vandalised. 3. Centrepoint commune leader Bert Potter has been convicted on three out of five drugs charges.

3Opinion polls suggest the Australian Federal election tomorrow will be a closely fought race.

4An Auckland turtle breeder has had thirteen turtles stolen from his tanks. Is the craze over the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to blame for the sudden interest in these creatures?

5The captain of the Exxon Valdez has been cleared of most of the charges he faced over the huge oil spill which polluted the Alaskan coastline.

6World News Tonight World headlines in brief: including; 1. Czechoslovakia's President Václav Havel says his country's former Communist regime sold enough of the plastic explosive Semtex to supply terrorists for 150 years. 2. The mysterious poisoning of almost 500 ethnic Albanian schoolchildren has sparked violent clashes in Yugoslavia. 3. Mick Jagger has announced the Rolling Stones will do their first European tour in eight years beginning in May 1990.

7Political Report The latest political news: including; 1. The "Sesqui" awards for distinguished political contribution. 2. A survey of the body language of politicians, especially their manner and style of walking.

8The Ministry of Fisheries' Operation Beefeater has disrupted more than just the illegal Paua trade. The Wellington restaurant Beefeater has become innocently embroiled in the scandal.

9Trade and Industry Minister David Caygill pledged to slash import duties to 10% over the next six years, upsetting manufacturers and industry heads who believe cheap foreign made goods will see New Zealand businesses suffer.