1The Government is gloating over the National Party's dramatic change of heart over the anti nuclear legislation. Interview with former Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon.

2A new bitter row has erupted in the custody case of Hilary Morgan. Dr Eric Foretich has launched three defamation cases, one of which is against Hilary's mother, Dr Elizabeth Morgan.

3Paul Dally has pleaded guilty to abducting, raping and murdering 13-year old schoolgirl Karla Cardno last year and today received a mandatory life sentence. Cardno's stepfather Mark Middleton had to be dragged from the court after yelling abuse at Dally and lunging towards him.

4Brent Walker, the man who sparked a manhunt in South Canterbury after shooting a traffic officer, has been jailed for 12 years.

5The driver of a school bus which crashed near Napier last month, killing three New Caledonian students, has been charged with dangerous driving causing death.

6Wellington's Sesqui Carnival folded today, less than halfway through its run.

7The tallest completed building in Auckland - the BNZ Tower - has been sold for $82 million to a company registered in the British Virgin Islands and operating out of Hong Kong.

8A huge chunk of New Zealand's Radiata forest is up for sale, following a decision by Australian Group Elders IXL to sell its forestry interests in New Zealand.

9Violent attempts to block the introduction of a new poll tax has turned Town Halls into battlegrounds right across the United Kingdom. Interview with a BBC correspondent about the widespread outrage at the new tax.

10There are fears in South Africa that violence in the tribal homelands could upset negotiations towards a multi-racial democracy.

11Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke today formally launched his Labor Party's re-election policy. He is enjoying a resurgence on the campaign trial after a shaky start.