1Law and Order (Part Four of Five) Many New Zealanders are questioning New Zealand's justice system, saying sentences are hard to understand and often seem to be far more lenient than they expect. How do judges arrive at sentences? Are they swayed by lawyers referring to the unfortunate childhood of their clients? Is prison always the best solution? Discussion and viewer feedback about the courts, and the dispensation of justice with Justice Augusta Wallace, Executive Auckland District Court Judge.

2An Air Force (RNZAF) Hercules has left Auckland carrying relief supplies for the cyclone battered Solomon Islands. The confirmed death toll in the wake of Cyclone Namu now stands at six, but dozens of people are still missing.

3Irish police are hunting a gang who have stolen seventeen paintings from an exclusive private collection in the castle gallery of Sir Arnold Beit at Russborough House near Dublin.

4The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has uncovered a plot in Boston to buy ground to air missiles and other weapons for the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

5Five workers have been exposed to radiation during an accident at a nuclear reprocessing plant in Normandy. Meanwhile, a report from Moscow, says scientists were carrying out experiments at Chernobyl when the explosion occurred there.

6Cardiac surgeons at Greenlane Hospital have backed up an Otago University study that says heart transplants could be performed in New Zealand for one-third of the cost of those done overseas. However, Minister of Health Dr MIchael Bassett says his figures suggest it would be more expensive, and New Zealand does not have enough donor hearts available.

7A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

8Law and Order (Part Four of Five) Many New Zealanders are questioning New Zealand's justice system, saying sentences are hard to understand and often seem to be far more lenient than they expect. How do judges arrive at sentences? Are they swayed by lawyers referring to the unfortunate childhood of their clients? Is prison always the best solution? Discussion and viewer feedback about the courts, and the dispensation of justice with Justice Augusta Wallace, Executive Auckland District Court Judge.

9A brief listing of the New Zealand and international news headlines.

10Law and Order (Part Four of Five) Many New Zealanders are questioning New Zealand's justice system, saying sentences are hard to understand and often seem to be far more lenient than they expect. How do judges arrive at sentences? Are they swayed by lawyers referring to the unfortunate childhood of their clients? Is prison always the best solution? Discussion and viewer feedback about the courts, and the dispensation of justice with Justice Augusta Wallace, Executive Auckland District Court Judge.