1The National Party has elected a new leader and deputy leader, ending Sir Robert Muldoon's decade at the head. Deputy leader Jim McLay has become the new Opposition Leader, and Jim Bolger is the new Deputy Leader of the party. Both men were elected on the first ballot. A profile of both Jim McLay and Jim Bolger as well as a review of the Muldoon leadership.

2Sir Robert Muldoon received a hero's welcome on the steps of Parliament today by angry superannuitants, protesting at Government Budget measures.

3Next week's wage bargaining round will proceed without an agreed guideline, following the failure of today's talks in the Beehive.

4Striking workers at Marsden Point want the Government to repeal the Marsden Point Disputes Act and end industrial friction on the site.

5Prime Minister David Lange has called for an inquiry into what happened when a Chilean diplomat received diplomatic immunity after being involved in a head-on crash near Wellington this morning in which a young woman was killed.

6More bombs exploded in Santiago overnight, but they were mainly small protest blasts. Chile is becoming more divided over the eleven year-long military dictatorship ruling the country.

7While international relief agencies try to get aid to the hundreds of thousands of people dying from starvation in Ethiopia, their efforts are often being hindered by several different wars that the Ethiopian Government is fighting against rebel groups.

8A 27 year old man, who was suffering from the disease acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has died in Wellington. The coroner is investigating the possibility that the victim committed suicide.

9A Wellington playcentre group donated blood today to boost the number of donors with a low risk of carrying the AIDS virus.

10New Zealand's Largest company, NZ Forest Products, has had its new company plane seized by Auckland Customs officers due to irregularities over sales tax payments.