1Prime Minister David Lange has lashed out at France for its reported decision to continue nuclear testing at Mururoa until the end of the century.

2The Triad '84 exercise continues to attract both protesters and spectators.

3A New Zealand Herald - National Business Review (NRB) poll shows that two out of three New Zealanders are opposed to nuclear armed ships visiting New Zealand, but are generally not opposed to nuclear powered warships.

4The bystander shot in the chest during the armed robbery of the Mangere Bridge Post Office two days ago underwent major surgery today.

5There has been an outcry in Papua new Guinea following the gang rape of a nine year old New Zealand girl, her mother and another woman by up to twenty men.

6As salvage crews complete the recovery of radioactive material from the sunken ship Mont Louis near Belgium, pressure is mounting to stop the shipment of another radioactive cargo from France, across the Pacific to Japan.

7British police and customs officers have made a $26 million cannabis haul in the quiet little village of North Fambridge in Essex.

8A replica of a spitfire fighter plane, installed at Christchurch Airport just two months ago, has been badly damaged by arsonists.

9The devaluation of the New Zealand dollar has made New Zealand an attractive destination for overseas antique dealers.

10Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger have already begun work on a long list of scientific studies they will carry out over the next eight days.

11British comic actor Leonard Rossiter has died after collapsing while waiting to go onstage at the Lyric Theatre in London. Rossiter was 57 and is best known for his roles as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series Rising Damp from 1974 to 1980, and Reginald Perrin in the BBC's The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin from 1976 to 1979.