1The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) successfully spotted two fisherman adrift in the Tasman Sea today, and led another fishing boat to their rescue. However, a third man is missing, presumed drowned.

2An eleventh hour meeting at the Mount Hutt ski resort may have saved the World Cup Ski Championships.

3Aftershocks continue to rock the Philippines. At least 600 people are still missing following a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake.

4Poland has abandoned objection to a united Germany after being assured Germany would recognise the current Polish-German border. With the Soviet Union also abandoning its opposition to the merger, a final settlement is in sight.

5British nurse Daphne Parish has been freed from captivity in Iraq.

6A Taupo couple have taken their 13-month old baby to Australia for a bone marrow transplant that may save his life.

7Toll and computer circuits south of Christchurch were cut tonight after a digger sliced through a Telecom cable at Islington.

8Residents living near Carrington Psychiatric Hospital have met to voice their opposition to Carrington's plans to build a secure unit for psychiatric patients within its compounds.

9Health Minister Helen Clark has lashed out at people opposed to community care of mental health patients following the stabbing of four schoolboys by a psychiatric patient.

10A debate between musician Dave Dobbyn and Brent Impey from the Independent Broadcasters Association about the proposed compulsory 20% New Zealand music quota for radio stations.

11Thai migrants have met with the Race Relations Conciliator to complain about harassment, slander and misrepresentation as well as the Government's proposal to reintroduce visa requirements.