1Invercargill MP norm Jones gave his first public speech tonight since leaving hospital after treatment for a brain tumour. He has indicated he wishes to submit a Private Member's Bill which would make AIDS a notifiable disease.

2The Government Caucus has been warned to rethink its dismissal yesterday of trade union demands if it wants worker support in the general election later this year.

3Auckland firefighters are dealing with a major highly toxic chemical spillage at an Avondale factory.

4Two young New Zealand skiers have been killed in an avalanche near the Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.

5Fierce street fighting between rival Muslim groups continues in West Beirut. However, there has been some relief for the Palestinian refugees, who have been blockaded in their camps for several days.

6Irish Opposition leader Charles Haughey has won the Irish general election, but remains three seats short of an overall majority.

7Headline News 1. The European Community (EEC) is considering a proposal to sell part of its one million tonne butter mountain to New Zealand 2. New Zealand AIDS Foundation has asked the Government for a $500,000 grant 3. Two leading critics of the Tongan Government have won seats in the Tongan Parliamentary elections.

8A look at the first pictures of the Greenpeace mission to Antarctica, and analysis of Greenpeace's allegations that the United States' McMurdo Station is a "running sore" on the ice, due to irresponsible rubbish dumping. They also claim there has been a lack of cooperation from New Zealand's Scott Base.

9Waitiki Tourist Development Limited was wound up by the High Court last year after it went broke. The Waitiki Landing venture in the Far North aimed to build a tourist motel and restaurant complex on land owned by The Muriwhenua Incorporation. Now the lawyer who was investigating the collapse of Waitiki Landing after just three months in business has been sacked by the Department of Justice. Interview with sacked lawyer Keith Peterson, followed by an interview with the Secretary of Justice, David Oughton.

10Worldwatch Analysis of the unfolding story known as Irnagate - the sale of arms to Iran seemingly in exchange for hostages in Lebanon, with some proceeds from the sale being diverted to Contra rebels in Nicaragua. The major questions is how much United States President Ronald Reagan knew abut the deal.

11Worldwatch An official Soviet magazine has reported that Soviet leader MIkhail Gorbachev is claiming he would be forced to resign if his programme of reforms were blocked.

12Worldwatch Economic sanctions, imposed against Poland by the United States five years ago, have been lifted. The move restores Poland to 'favoured nation' status with the United States. However, the five years of sanctions, imposed when martial law was established in Poland, have cost Poland dearly.

13Worldwatch Irish Opposition leader Charles Haughey has won the Irish general election, but remains three seats short of an overall majority.

14Worldwatch Thanks to recent major advances in the medical field, it seems feasible that in the near future, doctors will be able to transplant brain cells from foetuses, an operation previously thought to be impossible. This offers hope to the victims of Alzheimer's Disease. American researchers believe they may have found the cause of Alzheimer's Disease.

15Worldwatch Queen Elizabeth II has been meeting with doctors who are studying the disease acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

16Worldwatch Three separate reports about apartheid in South Africa: 1. A look at the issue of segregated beaches and moves to change the laws 2. A look at the army and the number of young White South Africans who are dodging the draft as a protest against apartheid 3. A look at Pretoria's rejection of plans by Ndaba, a multi-racial working group, for a joint administration for Natal and Kwazulu.