1The Civil Defence emergency remains in place in the Eastern Bay of Plenty following yesterday's earthquake. The latest on the clean-up and recovery from the regions most affected. How well have Civil Defence authorities handled the situation?

2Soviet arms control negotiators today formally presented Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's 'Missiles out of Europe' proposal to a special session of the Geneva Nuclear Arms Reduction Talks.

3Headline News 1. Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze has arrived in Canberra, for two days of talks with Australian political leaders 2. Latest political poll shows United States President Ronald Reagan's popularity is at a four year low 3. Howard Baker has taken over a White House Chief of Staff

4French officials are looking into ski lift safety following yesterday's fatal accident at Luz Ardiden in the Pyrenees.

5A rift is developing between New Zealand's three firefighter unions over strike action to support their wage claim. Both the South Island and Central region have given notice of strike action, but the Northern Union are recommending taking the pay offer to the Public Sector Tribunal.

6NZ News, publishers of the Auckland Star, are launching a morning paper to compete with The New Zealand Herald. It will be called The Auckland Sun.

7The South Pacific Forum nations opened a two-day meeting in Auckland today, with New Caledonia's independence being the top item in the agenda.

8The Government and oil companies have been accused of "dragging the chain" on the introduction of unleaded petrol.

9Worldwatch Author Nigel West has claimed that he knows the identity of the fifth man in the group of Soviet moles who worked within British intelligence in the 1940s and 1950s. He has named the man as Graham Mitchell, a former deputy director of MI5, who died two years ago.

10Worldwatch Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze has arrived in Canberra, for two days of talks with Australian political leaders.

11Worldwatch Soviet arms control negotiators today formally presented Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's 'Missiles out of Europe' proposal to a special session of the Geneva Nuclear Arms Reduction Talks.

12Worldwatch Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Robert Gates, has requested that his nomination to the directorship of the CIA be withdrawn.

13Worldwatch It has been alleged in some circles that United States First Lady Nancy Reagan has been interfering in political decision-making. How much influence does Nancy Reagan wield in the White House? Is she a bothersome busy-body, or an essential prop to President Reagan in the absence of reliable advisors?

14Worldwatch The British Home Office is coming under increasing pressure to confirm that six former Nazi war criminals are living in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, the trial of American car worker, John Demjanjuk continues. Demjanjuk is accused of being the Nazi war criminal known as Ivan the Terrible, but his lawyers say it is a case of mistaken identity. Although there is huge public interest in the case, some worry that dredging up the past could be damaging.

15Worldwatch St Paul's Chapel, an historic church in the heart of New York's financial district, is selling the air above it for development.