1The diversity of Maori opinion on the Treaty of Waitangi is becoming apparent in Ngaruawahia this weekend, as representatives from all over New Zealand try to find some common ground on the Treaty of Waitangi at a national hui.

2Dr Max Abbott, the Director of the Mental Health Foundation, says the Government's Economic Summit Conference was a very clever piece of social engineering. He believes the summit was structured so that most delegates said what the Government wanted to hear, and he does not believe anyone's deep-seated beliefs or prejudices would have been changed by the Summit. Meanwhile, Opposition leader Sir Robert Muldoon says the Summit Communique was full of platitudes and cliches. However businessman and former Treasury Secretary Henry Lang says he is confident that the Summit will have long-lasting positive effects.

3Labour MP Jim Anderton has been flown to Australia by a private television station for an interview about New Zealand's ban on nuclear powered or armed ships.

4Thirty Unemployed Workers' Groups have decided they wish to speak with one voice to the Government and other organisations. They are meeting to plan amalgamation into a National Association.

5Central Japan has been hit by a second sharp earthquake in two days.

6Four people have been killed in an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

7About fifteen thousand villagers watched from a safe distance today as the Mount Mayon volcano in the Philippines threw out lave, hot ash and sulphur smoke.

8The latest talks seeking an end to the six-month long British coal miners' strike have collapsed.

9South African Prime Minister for the last six years, Pieter Botha has been sworn in as the country's first Executive State President.

10Australian Opposition leader Andrew Peacock, who in parliament called Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke a "crook and a perverter of the law", plans to say more outside the House.

11Geelong officials have assured residents that their water supply will be checked daily to ensure it remains safe, following an anonymous threat by an extortionist to poison the town's water supply.

12The United States has rejected an Australian offer to relocate the American Antarctic supply base from Christchurch to Tasmania.