1The Government has been forced into hasty negotiations as legal action threatens the birth of its new State corporations. Maori Trust Boards have warned they may take court action to stop the transfer of disputed Crown land to the State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). At the same time, Comalco wants an injunction to stop the Manapouri Dam being handed over to the new Electricity Corporation (Electricorp).

2Greg Newbold, a former Paremoremo Prison inmate, says the Justice Department's report on the recent suicides at the prison is superficial, and does not deal with the real issues.

3The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on the British forces' headquarters in West Germany. However, a previously unknown group, calling itself the Democratic Front for the Liberation of West Germany has also claimed responsibility for the attack. Thirty-one people were injured when the bomb exploded.

4Irish Republican Army (IRA) gunmen shot a prison instructor dead in his car in Londonderry, then booby trapped the vehicle, knowing the police would have to examine it. Two detectives were killed as they tried to recover the body.

5In the United Kingdom, the Police Complaints Authority says some officers used excessive force to disperse a hippie peace convoy at Stonehenge in August 1985. However the guilty officers acan not be identified.

6Headline News 1. A Mozambique man has made an appeal for political asylum in New Zealand, after tearing up huis documents on board an Air New Zealand flight from Singapore. 2. Trade figures show over $1 billion have been knocked off the New Zealand trade deficit in the past eight months 3. The Auckland High Court has ordered the Northern Storepersons' Union to pay almost $1.7 million in damages to the Ford Motor Company because of a dispute at Ford's Wiri Assembly Plant.

7The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (BCNZ) has controversially cleared the way for widespread liquor advertising on radio and television. Two reports: 1. A background to the issue of liquor advertising 2. Studio discussion about why the decision has been made, and the likely impact it will have on the drinking habits of the New Zealand public.

8Analysis of the GATT talks that were held in Taupo this week between twenty of the world's Trade Ministers. New ZEaland's focus was on efforts to free up trade in the area of agriculture.

9Worldwatch A look at growing momentum towards a nuclear arms agreement in Europe. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will meet Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow this weekend and has been sounding out Britain's European allies on the issue. Today the Warsaw Pact countries have met to consolidate their position on the Soviet proposals and the United States response. What are the Pentagon's views on the proposal?

10Worldwatch Former NATO Commander and United States Secretary of State Alexander Haig has announced his intention to run for the United States Presidency in 1988 as a Republican Party candidate. A profile of Haig, followed by a look at what can be expected from his campaign.

11Worldwatch The lives of two of the hostages being held in Lebanon appear to be in increasing danger tonight. The kidnappers have reiterated a warning that a French television technician could be killed at any time. Plus, moves by the kidnappers of American Allan Steen to exchange him for 100 Arab prisoners, have been rejected.

12Worldwatch The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on the British forces' headquarters in West Germany. However, a previously unknown group, calling itself the Democratic Front for the Liberation of West Germany has also claimed responsibility for the attack. Thirty-one people were injured when the bomb exploded. The ease with which the bombers accomplished their task is causing concern to the security forces. Irish Republican Army (IRA) gunmen shot a prison instructor dead in his car in Londonderry, then booby trapped the vehicle, knowing the police would have to examine it. Two detectives were killed as they tried to recover the body.

13Worldwatch A farming family in Australia's Northern Territory is claiming compensation for unexploded Australian Defence Force bombs littered over part of their farm.

14Worldwatch An update on the so-called "Holy War" that has erupted between rival television evangelists in the United States.