6.30 NEWS & TOP HALF. 15/05/1985

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:
Storm lashes country. Wellington’s seaside suburbs threatened. Owhiro Bay residents evacuated.
Timaru By-Election. Bob Jones can not leave Wellington to begin campaign.
Chatham Islands face cuts in subsidies.
Kaikoura Coast lashed in storm.
Storm has little effect on south Canterbury drought.
Violence in New Caledonia.