1Two hundred dairy workers have been suspended as industrial action hit dairy factories around the country this afternoon. Both sides are accusing the other of escalating the dispute by using the prospect of milk dumping as a threat.

2The war of words continues between Japanese bankers and the New Zealand Government over the collapse of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the affect this has had on Samurai Bonds.

3Fletcher Challenge is expanding its Canadian interests and moving into the oil and gas industry.

4The Auckland Harbour Board will be officially dissolved tonight. However, the row over its controversial $20 million trust funds remains unresolved.

5The Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is demanding an inquiry into the death of 60 New Zealand breeding sheep being freighted to the United Kingdom. The sheep apparently roasted alive when United States Customs officials searched their plane for drugs in Honolulu.

6There have been reports of a fight involving the All Blacks at a Welsh hotel following last weekend's rugby match.

7A peaceful protest descended into violence and chaos in the Soviet Union when police clashed with demonstrators.

8East Germany's new leader Egon Krenz will meet Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow tomorrow. Many East Germans hope this will herald an era of glasnost for its hardline Communist country. East Germans have used their leaders' visit to Moscow to increase pressure on their Government for reform.

9At least thirty people are confirmed dead following yesterday's big earthquake in Algeria. More than 300 people were injured.

10Conservative Party MPs have warned British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher she could be facing defeat in the next election if she does not change her leadership style.

11The New Zealand Maori Council says it has run out of money and wants more from the taxpayer. It was allocated around $4 million from the Crown after a series of court actions, but has spent the money pursuing Maori land and fishing claims.

12In the first case of its kind, a Huntly man has admitted causing the death of a young girl who drowned in his swimming pool earlier this year.

13The Australian based Union Gold Company has been issued with a mining license for a site at Macraes Flat, north of Dunedin.

14Radical changes to the Child Welfare Law puts the family front and centre of reforms. The new Act states that the family home is the best place for abused or troubled youngsters, rather than making them State wards. However, the extended family will be given more responsibility in overseeing the child's welfare.

15 The Grand Traverse, an alpine endurance event held in the South Island, is attracting attention because French clothing firm Raid Gauloises, which is sponsoring the event is linked to a tobacco firm.

16An unemployed mechanic from Gloucester set a new World Record today for the longest car leap.