1Voluntary Euthanasia Secretary Leo Stack says he will continue to provide information on how people can take their own lives, following his acquittal on charges of inciting a woman to commit suicide. Today the Court of Appeal approved the release of a previously secret judgement in the case which stopped the police using bugged conversations as evidence. Interview with the Assistant POlice Commissioner, Stuart McEwan.

2Washington is in turmoil tonight as United States President Ronald Reagan faces the biggest test of his Presidency. National Security Advisor, John Poindexter has resigned in the wake of Reagan's secret Iran arms deal. His deputy, Oliver North has been fired. It has also been revealed the some of the proceeds from the trade eventually made its way to Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

3Communist and Government negotiators in the Philippines appear to be on the verge of reaching a ceasefire agreement.

4Richard McLaughlin, the mentally ill man charged with threatening to kill Pope John Paul II in Brisbane, has been remanded to appear in court again next month.

5Police arrested 41 anti-mining protesters in the Whangapoua Forest today.

6A dispute which shut down four South Island power stations could cost New Zealand $500,000 each day.Meanwhile, mechanical problems have reduced power supply from the Huntly Power Station by two-thirds.

7This week an Australian company, Ansell Steritech Limited applied for planning permission to build a nuclear irradiation plant in South Auckland. The Manukau City Council says Ansell plans to irradiate medical and other products, but such a plant could eventually treat food. The debate over irradiation is heating up in New Zealand. This is the first of two reports which looks at developments in Australia and other overseas experiences of the technology.

8Today marks 25 years since a young man called Ron Brierley began his own investment company called Brierley Investments Limited (BIL). It eventually grew into New Zealand's richest company. Sixty original 1963 shareholders joined in the celebrations. Ron Brierley revealed to shareholders that BIL and its Australian subsidiary, Industrial Equity, had been on the verge of a merger earlier this year.

9Capital Markets Limited, a fledgling company in Auckland, held its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) today, but already it is a force to contend with in the international money scene.