6.30 NEWS & TOP HALF. TUESDAY 02/09/1986

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:

A Soviet liner has sunk in the Black Sea. 423 dead.
Los Angeles suburb cordoned off after two aircraft collide and crash into the city.
Government to loosen up the labour market despite opposition from trade unions.
Northland Maori to reprimand its own people for taking native shell fish from west coast beaches but want Fisheries act also to prevent poachers.
Threat to NZ wildlife was raised by policy advisors at the Labour Party conference.