1The armed robbery of an Armourguard security van in the Auckland suburb of Birkenhead last night was the biggest heist in new Zealand history.

2A huge private search has continued today for the light aircraft that disappeared in the central North island on Wednesday. The official search ended yesterday but Phillips Electrical is financing the private search for the two men who were company executives.

3Bruno, the Great Dane accused of attacking school children, has been snatched from Police custody by a group calling itself the Animal Liberation Front.

4British Police have described the man they suspect of planting the bomb intended to kill Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and members of her Cabinet in Brighton last week.

5A British soldier has been shot dead in the ambush of an army and police patrol in a Republican region of West Belfast. Meanwhile in Dungannon, a truck driver has died in the cross fire between soldiers and republican guerrillas. A former American marine is one of five men who have appeared in a Dublin court on arms smuggling charges.

6A New Zealander is reported missing and presumed dead after Iranian war planes attacked his ship Pacific Prospector in the Persian Gulf.

7The latest political polls in the United States give President Ronald Reagan a 24% margin over his Democratic challenger Walter Mondale. The Democratic Party is hoping their television commercials will give their candidate a boost in the polls. A look at both a Democrat and Republican television commercial.

8A Black South African man was shot dead when Police opened fire on rioters in the town of Sharpeville. Meanwhile, there is growing anger in Transvaal, that Blacks are being forced to live in areas that are too dangerous to be habitable because they harbour huge asbestos dumps.

9Three people have been killed on the roads so far this Labour Weekend.

10The Kindergarten Teachers' Association is questioning Government proposals to spend $3 million to keep the Kohanga Reo language nests operating, saying it is yet another haphazard attempt to fund Early Childhood Education (ECE).