1Budget 1987 In just over an hour, Finance Minister Roger Douglas will deliver his fourth Budget, which he believes will please the majority of New Zealanders. Security for the Budget has been especially tight this year, following last year's Budget leak.

2Budget 1987 The Auditor General has criticised some aspects of the Government's accounting methods, and the Opposition claim Finance MInister Roger Douglas' arithmetic can not be trusted.

3New Zealanders travelling overseas to buy cars will now have to register them overseas before bringing them into New Zealand. The cost of car registration is prohibitive in some countries, and is aimed at dissuading buyers from going on organised car buying tours.

4Christchurch fire fighters are battling a huge fire in the Hornby factory of Doolan Industries.

5A High Court jury in Rotorua today found Bay of Plenty man Philip Mason not guilty of the murder of Black Power gang member Dominick Kaiwhata, who was stealing his truck.

6Wellington man Rufus Junior Marsh has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Diane Miller in Mount Victoria last November.

7Police searching for the man suspected of an execution-style killing of five people in Western Australia and the Northern Territory fear he may have slipped through roadblocks.

8Former Otahuhu traffic chief Ernest Seath claims Prime Minister David Lange was wrong to recommend he be stripped of the Queen's Service Medal (QSM) he received in the New Year's Honors two years ago.

9The Ministerial Inquiry into cervical cancer treatment at National Women's Hospital has been delayed.

10Some South Korean universities plan to close their doors for an early mid-year break, in an effort to reduce violence between students and Government riot squads.

11Millions of voters in the Indian State of Hariana have been choosing a new State Assembly today in an election seen as crucial for Prime Minster Rajiv Gandhi and his Congress Party.

12With only just over three weeks until the Australian election, Opposition parties are outlining policies to an electorate that remains largely unimpressed. Prime Minister Bob Hawke's Labor Government continues to lead the polls comfortably.

13New Zealand's top soldier says the Government is failing to re-equip the Army for it s new military role in the South Pacific. Millions of dollars have been spent on new rifles and machine guns, however the army is not permitted to buy a new artillery gun it says it needs. This debate is highlighting problems faced by the army in the wake of the ANZUS row.

14The Government has decided to scrap any immediate plans to proceed with the Luggate Dam on the Clutha River. The project was intended to provide work for the contractors currently employed on the Clyde Dam, following its completion.

15Legendary French film star Brigitte Bardot today sold 100 mementos of her years as a screen idol, to raise funds for an animal protection group.