1There has been another ferry fire in Europe, the second in two days. One person has been killed and nine injured in the Norrona car ferry off the coast of Wales. Meanwhile, the blaze aboard the Scandinavian Star in the North Sea is prompting a search for arsonists.

2Two more prisoners have given themselves up at the Strangeways Prison standoff in England. Inmates are again under control in the seven other prisons that rioted over the weekend in support of the Strangeways prisoners.

3The National Party is proposing an overhaul of the prison system in New Zealand.

4Elders and key representatives of Maori and Pakeha communities are gathered in Rotorua tonight in an all-out effort to plan tribal claims. The focus of Hui Manawhenua is Te Titiri O Waitangi )Treaty of Waitangi).

5Mystery surrounds the disappearance of one of Witness B, one of the key players in the Peter Plumley Walker murder trial.

6New Zealand Tonight New Zealand headlines in brief: including; 1. Protesters demonstrating against unemployment and changes to welfare benefits staged a sit-in at the Treasury Building in Auckland today. 2. Clothing manufacturer Lane Walker Rudkin closed their Greymouth factory without warning last Friday, putting 100 employees out of work. Greymouth locals are vowing to fight the decision. 3. Auckland bus commuters face at least two more days of frustration after Auckland Regional Council (ARC) bus drivers voted to continue to nine-day long strike.

7Peter Blake and the crew of Steinlager II have won the fifth leg of the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.

8Ryan White, a young AIDS pariah-turned-campaigner, has died.

9World News Tonight World headlines in brief: including; 1. The Government is advising New Zealanders to exercise caution of travelling to Nepal, where political disruption has broken out. A group of young New Zealanders are currently in Nepal with Sir Edmund Hilary to clean up the lower slopes of Mount Everest. 2. Georgians remember the deadly pro-independence rallies in Tbilisi a year ago. 3. A controversial art exhibition by Robert Maplethorpe has been ruled legal in Cincinnati.

10Political Report The latest political news: including; 1. Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer wants to employ a new media manager to sell the Government's message to the public. 2. Sue Bradford resigns as Vice President of the New Labour Party (NLP). 3.

11Waikumete Cemetery is adopting out plots for the general public to care for.

12TV3 is requesting video footage of amateur camera operators for use in news footage.