1National MP Winston Peters is tonight claiming that there were two separate loan deals being negotiated by the Department of Maori Affairs, and that he has documents proving Maori Affairs Minister Koro Wetere knew about the deal.

2The Federation of Labour (FOL) has delivered an ultimatum to the Labour Government, saying it must meet its commitments to the labour movement if it wants support from that sector in the upcoming general election.

3The cause of last night's fatal bus crash in Hawkes Bay remains a mystery. Two students and two teachers from the private girls' school Woodford House School, as well as the driver, died when the bus rolled thirty metres down a steep hillside near Kereru.

4Dozens of additional police attended the Otahuhu District Court today, where thirteen Mongrel Mob gang members appeared in court charged with raping a woman during the gang's national convention in December.

5Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Robert Gates has faced repeated questioning about his role in the Iran arms affair during the Congressional Inquiry.

6Some extreme right-wing candidates are emerging in the run-up to South Africa's Whites-only election in May. A profile of former police chief Brigadier Theunis 'Rooi Rus' Swanepoel, an extreme hardliner, who ordered his men to use live ammunition when firing on Black protestors in Soweto in 1977.

7National MP Winston Peters is tonight claiming that there were two separate loan deals being negotiated by the Department of Maori Affairs, and that he has documents proving Maori Affairs Minister Koro Wetere knew about the deal. A live report from Parliament

8A profile of All Whites coach Kevin Fallon and his controversial coaching style. Is he a tyrant or is he the potential saviour of New Zealand football (soccer). Live interview with All White Billy Harris and Chairman of the New Zealand Football Association (NZFA), Charlie Dempsey.

9The Government intends to crackdown on people who misuse private information held on the Wanganui computer.

10Worldwatch A cliffhanger vote count is underway in the Irish general election. Garret FitzGerald and his Fine Gael Party is expected to narrowly lose out to Charles Haughey and his Fianna Fáil Party.

11Worldwatch Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Robert Gates has faced repeated questioning about his role in the Iran arms affair during the Congressional Inquiry.

12Worldwatch Heated battles in Muslim West Beirut have eased. Shi'ite Amal Militia and their leftist enemies have agreed to a temporary truce. The Amal Militia have lifted a four-month siege on Palestinian refugee camps to allow aid to get to those within.

13Worldwatch The radio network Voice of America is this week marking forty years of Russian language broadcasts to the Soviet Union.

14Worldwatch Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is continuing with his policy of Glasnost (openness), a reform programme including the release of detained dissidents, and greater economic freedoms. Profile of a new type of cooperative shop, a private enterprise that is in business primarily to make money for its owners.

15Worldwatch American stock market investors are riding the crest of a wave, with a spectacular upwards surge today. A look at the practice of 'stock-churning' which is embarrassing large brokerage firms. A look at one such case of this questionable stock market practice.

16Worldwatch Analysis of the the scientific importance of the Antarctic.