1Jim Bolger Studio discussion and viewer talkback with National Party leader Jim Bolger.

2Yvonne Moore, the wife of Labour Party Cabinet Minister Mike Moore, was assaulted last night, in what appears to have been a deliberate political act by campaigners trying to smear the Labour Party.

3The latest Radio New Zealand News (RNZ) - National Business Review (NBR) survey shows Labour's lead over National this election has been reduced to just over 4%.

4Health Minister Dr Michael Bassett has given an assurance that he will not dismantle the public health service.

5Eight United States helicopters are currently en route to the Persian Gulf in order to provide assistance to minesweepers. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom are preparing to send four minesweepers to the Gulf.

6France is sending more police and paramilitary gendarmes to New Caledonia as a precaution against violence in next month's referendum on independence.

7South African police have raided a meeting of the National Union of Mineworkers, making a number of arrests.

8A youth is reported dead and a man critically injured in Fiji, after a Fijian sugar workers' celebration erupted into a political brawl.

9The Greek navy is about to take possession of ts latest ship - a replica of a 2500 year old Trireme, an ancient oar-driven warship powered by about 170 oarsmen.

10Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered evidence of a 4th century AD brothel, complete with heart-shaped pillars and an ancient hot-tub.

11Jim Bolger Studio discussion and viewer talkback with National Party leader Jim Bolger.