6.30 NEWS & TOP HALF. 03/07/1986

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:
Main building at Coronet Peak Ski Field seriously damaged by fire.
Remains of the police launch The Lady Elizabeth wash up at the mouth of the Hutt River, the search continues for the missing crew member.
As the Storm in Wellington continues, thousands of travellers have been affected by the closure of the the airport and cancellation of ferry crossings.
Major roads across the Southern Alps reopen.
Government to sell off a third of its shares in the BNZ.
MP Russell Marshall decides not to resign in the wake of rail workshop closure in his electorate.
MPs may get another chance to consider the age of consent issue within the Homosexual Law Reform Bill.
NZ to accept another 450 Indochinese refugees.
Opposition by the Public Service Association to the State Sector being reorganised toughened today with stop-work meetings held by Civil Aviation staff and forestry workers.