1Sacked Cabinet Minister Richard Prebble has held a news conference to say he understands why Prime Minister David Lange sacked him from Cabinet and has promised to work hard toward the re-election of the Labour Government. A number of Prebble's supporters have been campaigning for his reinstatement, accusing the Prime Minister of being dictatorial. However, many within the Labour Party regarded Prebble as being the real power within the Government and were uncomfortable with the amount of power he had.

2The group of New Zealand Democratic Party supporters staging an occupation of a Select Committee room in Parliament have given up their fight and have been allowed to walk free. They wanted the Government to hold a referendum on proportional representation as they promised to do at the last election.

3The drought-stricken east cost of the South Island has finally been experiencing some rainfall in the past 24 hours, but many farmers say it is too little too late to end the drought.