6.30 NEWS. 07/01/1986

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:
Government vows it won’t the victims of the flooding in Northland go homeless. However no financial assistance is forthcoming as yet.
Mayor of Waitemata denies withholding information about the flood problems in the Henderson Valley.
Government and union representatives have spoken out against the psychiatric nurses industrial action.
$3/4 million worth of wood destroyed in what police fear is an arson attack in Auckland.
GPs advertising for young adult patients to take their minor complaints to them rather than the hospital.
US expected to announce economic sanctions against Libya following terrorist attacks on Rome and Vienna airports. Military attacks discouraged by the rest of the world.
US at odds with rest of the world over sanctions against South Africa.
Space Shuttle Columbia launch aborted again.
Aids controversy over spa pools in the US.