1Half of New Zealand's milk supply is being tipped out because of the ongoing Dairy Workers' dispute. 1000 workers have now been suspended at thirteen of New Zealand's forty dairy factories, and the dispute has cost the Dairy Board an $8 million dollar baby formula contract with the Soviet Union. In a late development, tanker drivers from Te Rapa have broken ranks and withdrawn their industrial action.

2Documents suggest American Customs officials were informed about the plight of a shipment of breeding sheep during a search of the plane in Honolulu. Hawaiian authorities refuse to accept responsibility for the death of 57 sheep and English livestock importers are planning a formal protest to the United States State Department.

3British sportswriters are accusing the All Blacks of thuggery on the rugby field against Newport, Wales.

4A coroner's inquest into Auckland's tragic Terwindle Rest Home fire in July has found it was probably the work of a female resident of the home who was a pyromaniac.

5British burn victims are being given the chance of skin grafts from dead bodies.

6The Japanese are keen to soothe frayed relations between Japan and New Zealand caused by the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) collapse.

7United States President George Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will hold a Summit meeting next month on board naval vessels in the Mediterranean.

8A London car dealer says he used the Encyclopedia Britannica to perfect an invention that is now threatening the entire racing industry - an ultrasonic gun hidden in binoculars that can be used to 'nobble' racehorses.

9A consignment of material for the uniforms of the 1990 Commonwealth Games officials was finally released from the Auckland wharves today. Now the race is on to get the uniforms completed on time.

10The symbol for the 1990 commemorations next year is the Kotuku (White Heron) that Maori believe brings good luck to those whom it chooses to visit. However, today the heron itself was paid a visit when their colony was reopened after the breeding season.

11A new police station has been opened in Arthur's Pass for the sole police officer in Otira.