1Dan McCaffrey has been confirmed as the Labour Party's Te Atatu candidate.

2Dr Eric Foretich, the father of Hilary Morgan, has arrived in Auckland, determined to take the custody case into the Family Court in Christchurch. The international media is arriving in Christchurch, disrupting Hilary's life even further. Interview with a Washington reporter about coverage of the case.

3A Piper Cub aircraft, taking part in a display, was forced to ditch into the sea off the coast of Cape Reinga. The two crew were safely rescued by a fishing boat. A full investigation has begun into last night's fatal air crash at Ardmore Airport, when two Warbirds collided in mid-air.

4Auckland widow Pat Evans says she will never forgive the drunk driver who killed her family last November. Today the driver was jailed for three years.

5A plan to control mineral exploration in Antarctica is being dropped by the Government in favour of a new initiative that is still to be developed.

6Share markets around the world are nervously waiting to see if Wall Street will follow the dive in the Tokyo market today.

7Lithuanian voters have firmly rejected Communism and are calling for independence from Moscow. Tens of thousands of peaceful demonstrators took the streets in Moscow today to demand that Communist leaders step down. Protests were also held in several other Soviet cities.

8Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista Government appears to be heading for defeat in the country's first peaceful elections.