1Finance Minister Roger Douglas has criticised the costs involved in the Motunui Synthetic Petrol Plant in Taranaki, saying it is forcing petrol prices up for the consumers.

2Around 1500 South Korean riot police fought a brief but fierce battle with university students in Seoul who were demonstrating against what they perceive to be an undemocratic constitution.

3The United States House of Representatives has voted unanimously to approve a US$250 million aid package for Northern Ireland to signal its support for the Anglo Irish Accord. Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King says the Anglo Irish Accord will stay, following security talks with the Irish Republic's Foreign MInister Peter Barry, talks that were disrupted by Protestant Loyalist protesters. One of Ireland's most wanted terrorist suspects, Dominic McGlinchey has been jailed for ten years for shooting at police.

4Two convicted Irish Republican Army (IRA) killers have begun a legal battle in Holland, against their extradition back to the United Kingdom.

5Farming Crisis A discussion about the problems farmers are facing, such as falling prices, rising costs and droughts with the wife of a farmer. Viewers call in to have their say or to ask questions about the farming crisis and its effect on women and families.

6A brief listing of the New Zealand and international headlines.

7Farming Crisis A discussion about the problems farmers are facing, such as falling prices, rising costs and droughts with the wife of a farmer. Viewers call in to have their say or to ask questions about the farming crisis and its effect on women and families.

8A brief listing of the New Zealand headlines.

9Around 1500 South Korean riot police fought a brief but fierce battle with university students in Seoul who were demonstrating against what they perceive to be an undemocratic constitution. Some observers are drawing on a similarity between the unrest in Seoul and the strikes that toppled the Marcos regime in the Philippines.

10There are indications that United States space shuttle flights could resume early next year. However, that news is being overshadowed by continuing concern within the ranks of the astronauts about the safety of the shuttles themselves following disturbing revelations about the last flight of the space shuttle Columbia.

11Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip have continued their tour of Australia with a visit to the garden city of Adelaide.

12Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King says the Anglo Irish Accord will stay, following security talks with the Irish Republic's Foreign MInister Peter Barry, talks that were disrupted by Protestant Loyalist protesters. One of Ireland's most wanted terrorist suspects, Dominic McGlinchey has been jailed for ten years for shooting at police.

13Inside the Other Side Today is the first anniversary of Mikhail Gorbachev's ascent to power in the Soviet Union. In the past year he has shaken up the Kremlin bureaucracy and discredited past leaders such as Brezhnev and Chernenko for economic mismanagement. However, former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin is revered more than ever.