1Rainbow Warrior United Nations (UN) Secretary General Pérez de Cuéllar has announced the conclusions of his arbitration in the dispute between New Zealand and France. Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur, the two French agents convicted for their role in the bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, will not serve out their ten year prison sentences in New Zealand. They are to be released into French custody, to serve a further three years at a French military facility on the Pacific Island of Hao. Has justice been served? Has the integrity of the New Zealand legal system and that of the Government been compromised by this decision? Should the matter have been arbitrated? Has the Government traded the independence of the courts for the political expediency of New Zealand'a relationship with a powerful trading partner? Discussion and viewer talkback with political commentator Keith Ovenden, who has been living in France.

2The French have greeted the impending release of French agents Dominique Prieur and Alain Mafart from New Zealand prisons with delight. However, editorial reaction in New Zealand has been strong.

3The settlement of the Rainbow Warrior dispute between New Zealand and France should clear the complications that have beset recent New Zealand trade with France.

4Filipino soldiers who backed the failed coup against President Corazon Aquino have now quit the luxury hotel where they have been holed up for the past two days.

5British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe has postponed his European Community (EEC) peace mission to South Africa. Meanwhile, senior clergy in New York have called for the imposition of sanctions against South Africa.

6South Africa has lifted restrictions on South African anti-apartheid activist Winnie Mandela, that have been in pokac e for much of the past twenty-four years.

7A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

8Prices on Wall Street have suffered their biggest ever one day fall with the Dow Jones Index losing more than 61 points. However, the reasons why are not clear.

9Rainbow Warrior United Nations (UN) Secretary General Pérez de Cuéllar has announced the conclusions of his arbitration in the dispute between New Zealand and France. Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur, the two French agents convicted for their role in the bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, will not serve out their ten year prison sentences in New Zealand. They are to be released into French custody, to serve a further three years at a French military facility on the Pacific Island of Hao. Has justice been served? Has the integrity of the New Zealand legal system and that of the Government been compromised by this decision? Should the matter have been arbitrated? Has the Government traded the independence of the courts for the political expediency of New Zealand'a relationship with a powerful trading partner? Discussion and viewer talkback with political commentator Keith Ovenden, who has been living in France.

10A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

11United Nations (UN) Secretary General Pérez de Cuéllar has announced the conclusions of his arbitration in the dispute between New Zealand and France. Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur, the two French agents convicted for their role in the bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, will not serve out their ten year prison sentences in New Zealand. They are to be released into French custody, to serve a further three years at a French military facility on the Pacific Island of Hao. Has justice been served? Has the integrity of the New Zealand legal system and that of the Government been compromised by this decision? Should the matter have been arbitrated? Has the Government traded the independence of the courts for the political expediency of New Zealand'a relationship with a powerful trading partner? Discussion and viewer talkback with political commentator Keith Ovenden, who has been living in France.

12Breaking News There has been a joyous reaction in France to the news of the impending release of French agents Dominique Prieur and Alain Mafart from New Zealand prisons.

13Rainbow Warrior United Nations (UN) Secretary General Pérez de Cuéllar has announced the conclusions of his arbitration in the dispute between New Zealand and France. Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur, the two French agents convicted for their role in the bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, will not serve out their ten year prison sentences in New Zealand. They are to be released into French custody, to serve a further three years at a French military facility on the Pacific Island of Hao. Has justice been served? Has the integrity of the New Zealand legal system and that of the Government been compromised by this decision? Should the matter have been arbitrated? Has the Government traded the independence of the courts for the political expediency of New Zealand'a relationship with a powerful trading partner? Discussion and viewer talkback with political commentator Keith Ovenden, who has been living in France.