1Budget 1990 Twenty-four hours from the Budget announcement, what impacts have been seen across New Zealand?

2An Auckland woman has finally won compensation for the trauma she has suffered following the rape and murder of her young daughter ten years ago.

3The Serious Fraud Squad have raided the properties of former Equitycorp boss Alan Hawkins and seized documents related to Equitycorp's collapse.

4Even though Parliament has approved the building of New Zealand's first casino, it may still be three years away because a Casino Control Authority still has to be established.

5Fiji has adopted a new Constitution, guaranteeing native Fijians control of the country's government.

6Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer has arrived in Japan on a mission to repair relationships with one of New Zealand's biggest trading partners. New Zealand's anti nuclear stance and opposition to driftnet fishing have caused relationships to sour in the past decade.

7The Government has backed away from a head-on confrontation with Hoki fishermen over the number of Fur Seals killed by driftnets.

8Police in Blenheim are searching for a long bladed knife after one man was killed and two others wounded in a fight thought to involve gang members.

9Christchurch police have cleared themselves of blame over the way they handled Friday's murder-suicide.

10Auckland police have recaptured a teenager who escaped from a secure unit at a boys' home. The teen is the accused in the machete attack on Judge Augusta Wallace.

11A Catholic nun was one of the four victims of a huge car bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland.

12Budget 1990 Some of the other winners of yesterday's Budget were the businessmen and financial analysts who successfully predicted its contents.

13The United States is officially on alert in the Gulf following Iraq's move to put an estimated 30,000 troops on standby along its border with Kuwait. This is a warning to Kuwait to cut its overproduction of oil which has kept world prices down.

14Researchers believe artist Vincent Van Gogh was the victim of a debilitating ear disease. Now, 100 years after his death, he is more popular than he ever was during his lifetime.