1Live sheep exports will continue despite a lack of agreement between the Government and unions over the future of the trade.

2Auckland officials of The New Zealand Party say the party's merger with National is a "non event" and it will continue as a separate entity.

3Prime Minister David Lange does not believe that the new leader of the Opposition, Jim Bolger, can win the next election, but says he would like to see his old antagonist, Sir Robert Muldoon back on the National Party front bench.

4Pope John Paul II has made his traditional Easter address, calling for renewed efforts to achieve world peace.

5A top secret Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) report warns that Libyan leader Colonel Muammar gaddafi is preparing to launch a "Crusade of Vengeance" against American citizens and facilities abroad. This fear of anti-American terrorist action has already affected the American tourist market.

6Hollywood actor James Cagney has died at the age of 86.