1Opera singer Malvina Major has spent the last 15 years on a Taranaki farm bring up a family. She is now back on the international stage rehearsing in Brussels with the Belgian National opera Company for a Mozart opera La finta giardiniera.

2News 1. Art Expo opens in New York this week and a group of New Zealand Graphic artists are showing their work. -- 2. The New Zealand film "The Quiet Earth' has broken the $1 million barrier in the USA. -- 3. It is Limbs Dance Company's 10th anniversary as is Circa Theatre's. Last year the Royal New Zealand Ballet was 25. The National Art Gallery is 50 this year.

3At the National Art Gallery there is an exhibition of Peruvian Inca treasure.

4News From the Regions: Dunedin 1. In Dunedin the premier production of "Flying" by Caroline Claver is being performed as lunchtime theatre at Allen Hall, where the Fortune Theatre are running affordable experimental shows, to attract students to theatre. -- 2. The Dunedin Symphonia's Celebrity series features conductor John Hopkins and pianist Monique Duphil. -- 3. The Fortune Theatre has planned an exciting year which is described by Artistic Director, Campbell Thomas. -- 4. Summary of events on in and around Dunedin. -- 5. Tony Borick Southern Regional Arts Council Board member has been elected President of the Dunedin Community Arts Council

5News From the Regions: Christchurch 1. The Court Theatre are staging "Pravda", a British satire about the newspaper industry, where the leading character is a thinly disguised Rupert Murdoch. -- 2. The CSA Gallery is hosting some of the Caltex Art Award and exhibitions of watercolours and patchwork quilts. -- 3. There have been some strong reactions to Lou Summer's sculptures, especially his fat fleshy forms. -- 4. Summary of events on in and around Christchurch. -- 5.

6News From the Regions: Auckland 1. The latest play by writer Renee, 'Pass it On' is being performed by Theatre Corporate. It is about family conflict over the 1981 waterfront dispute. -- 2. Sculptors are working is a quarry with Campbell Ewing carving a giant table which will go into Western Springs Park. Other carvers so the potential and a symposium is underway -- 3. Summary of events on in and around Auckland.

7News From the Regions: Wellington 1. Torchsong Trilogy is on at Centrepoint Theatre. -- 2. There is a Don Driver exhibition at the Govett Brewster Gallery in New Plymouth, influenced by a trip to India. -- 3. Wanganui's Sargeant Gallery is showing work by Matt Pinet. -- 4. In Wellington paintings by Australian Divida Allen are on show. -- 5. Summary of events on in and around Wellington.

81. Caption saying regretting 24 hour coverage will not be possible due to industrial action. -- 2. Promo for 'Sport on One' -- 3. Exhibition of wildlife painter Raymond Ching. -- 4. Other promotions.

9The first New Zealand International Festival of the Arts was in Wellington a month ago. With so much on show people had problems trying to select their events.