1Around 100 staff at the head office of the New Zealand Forest Service have placed a ban on doing any work for their Minister Koro Wetere, until he gives them some assurances about their future employment following restructuring.

2The National Party has challenged the Government once again to accept the Opposition's superannuation policy and pass it into law. Tonight the Government unexpectedly agreed to send the Bill to Select Committee for further study.

3Christchurch police say a reported sighting of Ronald Jorgensen in Perth is consistent with other information they have received. Jorgensen disappeared from Kaikoura in December 1984 while on parole. He was convicted of the Bassett Road machine gun murder in 1964.

4United States President Ronald Reagan is due to appear on network television in a few hours time to face questions from the media over the secret arms deal with Iran. United States Secretary of State George Shultz has again publically deplored any policy involving arms sales for hostages, building speculation that he may be about to resign.

5The legality of insider trading is being discussed in many countries, including New Zealand, but it has been thrown into the spotlight by the Ivan Boesky case from Wall Street.

6Pope John Paul II has set off on his longest and most arduous journey of his Papacy, through Asia and the South Pacific, including New Zealand. He has just arrived in Bangladesh.

7North Korea's President Kim Il-Sung has appeared in public in Pyongyang, dispelling rumours that he had been assassinated. However, now there are questions about who began the rumour and what their motive was.

8A protest against the Berlin Wall ended today when the 69 year old protestor literally fell into the hands of East German border guards and was arrested.

9The Government's moves to save Rotorua's geothermal fields may be coming unstuck and the Ministry of Energy is being held responsible, as it has issued exemptions for most of the 100 bores near Whakarewarewa, allowing them to remain open. Interview with the Minister for the Environment, Phil Goff.

10The new Coal Corporation is expected to take over much of the work of State Coal and is currently trying to assess how many staff it will need when it is established in a few months time. It doubts it will need the same level of staff as State Coal. Mine tours aimed at assessing the Corporation's function is causing widespread concern over potential job losses.

11Mystery still surrounds the whereabouts of daring New Zealand aviator Jean Batten, who disappeared in Spain four years ago.

12Profile of versatile British actor Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.).