1Australian Liberal Party leader Andrew Peacock has conceded defeat to Bob Hawke's Labor Party and plans to resign as Australia's Opposition leader

2A major row erupted in Parliament today following the court appearance of Auckland Central Labour Party official Gene Leckey, who is charged with immigration fraud.

3New Zealand now has the world's worst infestation of wasps, and is on the brink of an ecological disaster.

4The Government is pushing ahead with its plans to overhaul New Zealand's aviation industry.

5The Government has begun to clear the way to sell the State Insurance Office.

6The Government has partially backed down on its controversial plan to tax public servants' superannuation schemes.

7A Roman Catholic priest was today jailed for fifteen months for sexually assaulting two altar boys in Hamilton.

8A whiteware war between New Zealand's Fisher and Paykel and Australia's Simpson came to a conclusion in court today when a decision was made about exclusive deal contracts.

9The long-awaited inquiry into the 1984 Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) chemical fire in Mount Wellington has slammed the Fire Service's attitude to safety, and rejects chemical poisoning from the blaze as the cause of long-term health problems experienced by fire fighters.

10An attempt to smuggle nuclear weapon technology to Iraq has been foiled in the United Kingdom. The discovery has increased the already heightened tensions between Britain and Iraq.

11Elections in Zimbabwe appear to be progressing peacefully, despite Opposition claims of violent intimidation tactics by the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) party.

12Two days of open warfare between thousands of Black South Africans in Natal Province have claimed at least 21 people.

13Musicians Quincy Jones and Debbie Harry opened an Auckland Record Store today.