1Prime Minister David Lange has dumped Richard Prebble as Minister of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), saying he had been unable to resolve differences with him over the way asset sales should be handled. However it is unclear whether David Lange will have the support of Cabinet. Live studio interview with Richard Prebble followed by a breakdown of the day's events. Prebble has held a news conference explaining his version of events in which he has refused to step down from his other Ministerial portfolios. The money market and business community has reacted with extreme nervousness due to the political uncertainty. A look back at Prebble's political career and his often rocky relationship with Prime Minister David Lange.

2After showing such disloyalty to Prime Minster David Lange today, the Prime Minister's Office says sacked State Owned Enterprises (SOE) Minister Richard Prebble's political career must be in doubt.

3New Plymouth police are hunting the killer of a Mongrel Mob gang member who was shot in the city centre earlier today.

4Drought stricken South island farmers are to receive a $45 million Government hand-out with lump sums to farmers who quit their land, and welfare payments to those who choose to remain. West Coast farmers may need some Government assistance after the wettest October in forty years.

5A group of Democratic Party supporters remain holed up in Parliament tonight, and are determined to see their protest through unless the Government agrees to a referendum on proportional representation.

6The armed mercenaries who attempted a coup in the Maldives are reported to have fled in stolen boats after the arrival of Indian troops.

7British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher toasted Poland's leaders at a State banquet in her honour, but then told her hosts they must set their people free and urged talks with all opposition representatives, including the banned union Solidarity.

8Riot police in Seoul have used tear-gas to break up a demonstration of thousands of students calling for the arrest of former President Chun Doo-hwan who they say misused his power during his seven-year presidency.

9With Guy Fawkes night tomorrow evening, concern over potential injuries from fireworks have been heightened by the accidental sale of forty fireworks in Wellington and the theft of more rejects in Auckland. Police are also concerned that Mick Jagger's rock concert at Western Springs in Auckland may be a potential flashpoint.

10The jury in the Otara machete murder trial have found three of the eleven accused guilty of murder. Four more were convicted of manslaughter, and four were discharged. The case has exposed the racial tension between Samoans and Tongans in Otara.