1Television New Zealand (TVNZ) has temporarily removed from their current duties, the team involved in the production of the recent Frontline programme For The Public Good which examined the links between the Labour Government and big business. Opposition leader Jim Bolger claims TVNZ has bowed to political pressure and New Labour Party (NLP) supporters are picketing TVNZ's Auckland studios in protest.

2A row is brewing in the South Island over attempts to phase out glass milk bottles.

3Bendon Industries in Huntly is to close, with 46 jobs to go, making Huntly's chronic unemployment problems even worse.

4A sophisticated tunnel, designed to smuggle drugs across the United States/Mexico order, has been discovered in Arizona.

5United States and Soviet leaders have come close to a deal to radically reduce Superpower stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

6East and West German leaders have signed a Treaty that will unify the two Germanies economically and in currency.

7American Vietnam Veterans have won a round in the battle to link the chemical defoliant known as Agent Orange to medical problems. The United States Government has agreed to compensate veterans suffering from soft tissue sarcoma.

8Tribute to British born actress Jill Ireland, who has died after a six year battle with breast cancer.

9Hollywood stars have attended the funeral of show business legend Sammy Davis Jr today.