1A team of New Zealand mountaineers have successfully conquered Mount Everest this afternoon.
2A judge has ruled there is sufficient evidence for David Wayne Tamihere to stand trial for the murder of Swedish tourists Sven Höglin and Heidi Paakkonen, even though their bodies have not been found.
3The New Zealand Medical Council [NZMC] has decided against proceeding with charges laid against Dr Herbert Greene over the cervical cancer controversy because of his ill-health.
4New Zealand Tonight New Zealand headlines in brief: including; 1. A young Auckland man has admitted he was the hit and run motorbike rider who left a baby boy fighting for his life six weeks ago. 2. The family of Judge Augusta Wallace, attacked by a machete-wielding youth in her courtroom this week, say they have been overwhelmed by the public sympathy they have received. 3. The Maori Fisheries Commission has received 2.5% of New Zealand's fishing resources and $30 million.
5Ngati Te Ata have placed a picket around New Zealand Steel's iron sand mine at Glenbrook.
6The military watchdog group Just Defence has the Government in its sights over the multi-million dollar purchase of Italian jet trainers for the Air Force (RNZAF), calling them expensive "toys for boys".
7Parades in Moscow today honouring the role of the Soviet Union during World War Two could not hide the declining political power of the Soviet military.
8World News Tonight World headlines in brief: including; 1. Almost 2000 people were arrested during anti Government demonstrations in South Korea today. 2. Hundreds of homes are under water in northern Texas. 3. The world's first test-tube tiger cubs have been born in a Nebraska Zoo.
9Political Report The latest political news: including; 1. Former Prime Minister David Lange editorialises on allegations that the Labour Party and big business are too close, and criticised the National Party Opposition as being "inept".
10Belinda Todd is given a crash course in yoga.
11Parental advisory warnings about explicit lyrics, sexism or racism are beginning to appear on album covers. Is this just a clever marketing tactic?
12Although it is inarguably ugly, the Citroën 2CV has endured. However, it no longer meets new pollution laws and sales have fallen. It will cease production later this year.