1Searchers have found no trace of a light plane missing in the central North Island with three people on board. A search plane has been looking for a Mount Maunganui fisherman who went out on the sea yesterday and failed to return home last night.

2Three Marlborough skin divers who failed to return last night have been found on an island in the outer Sounds.

3An European Economic Community (EEC) plan to dump butter has sent a shiver through the New Zealand dairy industry today. The Europeans are selling Russia 100,000 tonnes well below the world price, and are considering cheap sales in the developing Middle East market.

4More than $14,000 worth of special coins bound for Treasury from the Royal Mint in Britain, have been stolen in Wellington.

5The Federation of Labour (FOL) has approved Government proposals for what happens after the wage freeze and union officials have accepted an offer for wage bargaining to begin on 1st December.

6Finance Minister Roger Douglas has warned that New Zealand's most protected industries will be the first to be affected by competition from imports.

7The news that Bishop Desmond Tutu has been awarded the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize is being hailed a s a further rejection of South Africa's apartheid policy.

8An American trawler called the Valhalla, believed to be the mother ship that ferried a large consignment of arms across the Atlantic Ocean for the Irish Republican Army (IRA), has been seized in Boston.

9Security in Britain continues to be tightened following the Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb attack on the Brighton Hotel where Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and most of her Cabinet were staying.

10It is almost a year since the United States invaded the small Caribbean island of Grenada after an attempted left-wing coup there. Eighteen men and one women, accused of participating in the assassination of Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop are still awaiting trial.

11Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke says he is still considering a television debate with Opposition leader Andrew Peacock, but he believes that Australian voters do not take Peacock seriously.

12United States President Ronald Reagan continues to hold a strong lead as the Presidential election campaign moves into its final three weeks. A huge team of Republican Party workers are striving to ensure the American public is given a positive image of the President.

13Arahura, the Railways' newest Cook Strait ferry, suffered a fault with its safety gear today, meaning it can temporarily only carry half its normal quota of passengers.

14A ten-year battle by Police for early retirement and a flexible leaving policy is close to an end. Police Minister Ann Hercus says a complete package on reformed conditions for Police will be ready this year.

15A preliminary finding of a study by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries research team has concluded that the humble earthworm may be capable of increasing New Zealand's export earnings by as much as $300 million.

16The Minister of Customs, Margaret Shields visited the Port of Auckland today following complaints about lengthy delays in clearing cargo through Customs.

17The law may soon be changed to allow young children to ride their bicycles on footpaths.

18For the first time in Antarctic studies, New Zealand and German researchers are combing forces in a project studying the geology of Antarctica called Canovex IV.