1Prime Minster David Lange says the United States has agreed to renegotiate the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS). The new New Zealand Ambassador to the United States, Sir Wallace Rowling says talk of an American trade backlash over New Zealand's anti-nuclear stance is "rubbish". However, Opposition MP Michael Cox told dairy leaders today that their rich market in the United States will be lost if New Zealand abandons the ANZUS Alliance.

2The Soviet Union has dismissed United States President Ronald Reagan's appeal for better American-Soviet relations as "meaningless . . . electioneering designed to camouflage the United States' interventionist policies worldwide".

3There is to be a State funeral for former Governor General Sir Denis Blundell, who died two days ago while on holiday in Australia.

4The Opposition is boycotting Parliament's Public Expenditure Committee following a Government decision to scrap an investigation into the circumstances surrounding July's devaluation.

5Opposition Energy Spokesman Bill Birch has criticised the Labour Government's planned changes in energy development.

6Over eighty bus drivers at Marsden Point may share in a back-pay windfall of several hundred thousand dollars after being wrongly employed and paid a casual workers.

7Sex education may be introduced in intermediate schools on a trial basis next year, however the Minister of Education has promised consultation on how and what is taught.

8The Government is to change the law so that airport costs are shared between all aircraft operators, including private and corporate aircraft.

9Maori International has failed to attract the shareholding it hoped for.

10Record companies are concerned about a new store in Auckland that is renting out records to customers, believing it could encourage the illegal taping of vinyl and destroy the record industry.

11The Director General of Health is to investigate claims that conditions in some Auckland rest homes are inadequate.

12The British coal miners' strike seems certain to spread to the key consumer areas of transport and power. Meanwhile, in south Wales, there is a new and disturbing development in the miners' strike - stones have been rained down on a truck convoy from motorway overpasses.

13Queen Elizabeth II has received a warm welcome in New Brunswick as she enjoys the second day of her Canadian tour.

14American actor Walter Pidgeon has died in a California hospital at the age of 86.

15A female baby giraffe has been born at Auckland Zoo.