1A huge manhunt continues in the United Kingdom for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) assassination squad responsible for the bombing of The Grand Hotel in Brighton, while Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and most of the British Cabinet were staying there. Police also believe there could be another attack in the very near future. This was the IRA's second attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher. The first attempt was to be executed last year at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool, but was abandoned at the last minute because of a planning problem.

2Prime Minister David Lange expects the New Zealand Rugby Union to be invited to tour South Africa next year, and while opposed to the tour, he has already held discussions with the Police regarding increased security for the players ahead of the tour.

3Government officials investigating plans to export fresh water from Deep Cove in Fiordland by American company Triune Resources remain unconvinced of the potential commercial benefits to New Zealand.

4Prime Minister David Lange says it is "totally ill-informed" to suggest that the United States is trying to play off Fiji against New Zealand on the nuclear ships issue.

5The military has joined the debate about New Zealand's defence for the first time since the current Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) row began, saying the Soviet threat in the Pacific is growing and New Zealand can not oppose it alone.

6Prime Minister David Lange says there will be no changes to the number of Maori seats until there has been a Royal Commission on parliamentary representation.

7United States Democratic Presidential candidate Walter Mondale has criticised President Ronald Reagan's Star Wars plans, saying he is squandering hundreds of billions of dollars and is leaving the country on the verge of an escalation in the space race. However, American defence officials are stepping up their space programme, claiming they are falling behind the Russians.

8The founder of the Keep New Zealand First campaign, Helen Collins says she has been facing criticism for being an English immigrant to New Zealand.

9Entertainer Prince Tui Teka is in hospital recovering from a mild heart attack.

10Publishing giant The Hearst Corporation argued in court today that Wellington magazine Wellington Cosmo is a name too similar to its own publication, Cosmopolitan.

11The National Health Statistics Centre's first major report on cancer survival since 1955 has shown that more people are surviving common forms of the disease and attributes early detection and improved cancer treatments for this increase.

12Members of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board arrived in Auckland today to try to drum up more tourist trade, but they ran into activists, who claimed the board was trying to gloss over the troubles in the region.

13The Whangarei-built ship Bounty has been released by American customs officials

14Israel's prime Minister Shimon Peres says a decision will be made within weeks on how to achieve a troop withdrawal from Lebanon.

15Ocean scientists an increase in seal and sea lion numbers along ther California coast as a result of Government protection has also led to increased numbers of Great White Sharks in the region.

16A first year Diploma of Agriculture student at Lincoln College has become a campus celebrity thanks to the metallic sculpture he installed on campus.

17The iconic American interstate highway Route 66 has been overtaken by progress along other routes, turning once thriving small townships into virtual ghost towns.