1A Palmerston North man is embroiled in a wrangle with the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) who will not pay for his surgery unless the surgeon can guarantee it will be a success.

2Auckland Immigration Consultant Gene Leckey was charged today with alleged fraud related to his consultancy.

3John Wayne Glover has been charged with the murders of six elderly women in Sydney over the past year and the attempted murder of a seventh woman.

4New Zealand Tonight New Zealand headlines in brief: including; 1. For the first time in New Zealand, genetic fingerprints will be presented as evidence in a court case. 2. Police and Fire Fighters will proceed with a planned march on Parliament this Friday, despite the Government's partial change of heart over cutbacks on the State superannuation scheme. 3. Marine Air Systems, a small Lower Hutt company, has won a major contract to supply equipment for a new American-backed satellite network for the South Pacific.

5Environmentalists have failed in a legal bid to prevent the Golden Cross gold mine from being constructed on the Coromandel Peninsular.

6The Soviet Union is increasing pressure on Lithuania following its Declaration of Independence. Lithuania has appealed for help from the West, but fear the Western powers may abandon Lithuania in an attempt to maintain good relationships with the Soviets.

7World News Tonight World headlines in brief: including; 1. A tough and sometimes violent election campaign is drawing to a close in Zimbabwe. 2. Roy Halston Frowick (aka Halston), the creator of the pillbox hat, has died in New York aged 57. 3. A California couple are trying to adopt a two month old bear, but authorities are in opposition.

8Advice on how to bring additional bottles of alcohol through Customs at New Zealand's airports.

9Allah, the Muslim word for God, is appearing inside aubergines (eggplants) from the British Midlands.

10Auckland police are considering charging two underprepared boaties who had to be rescued for the second time in a week.