6.30 NEWS AND TOP HALF. THURSDAY. 24/10/1985

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:
National Party decides not take disciplinary action against Sir Robert Muldoon and Merv Wellington.
Dr Ian Shearer to be suspended from his position as the Tamaki Electorate Chairman.
Muldoon supporters, the Sunday Club, meets in Christchurch.
Napier police believe the death of a septarian couple to be suspicious.
Former MP John Kirk pleads guilty to 3 charges laid against under the Insolvency Act.
Chris Laidlaw to be NZ’s first High Commissioner in Africa as NZ opens its post in Harare, Zimbabwe.
US protest over an illegal search of a USN aircraft at the Deep Freeze base in Christchurch.
PM David Lange appears on US news programme, Nightline, to present his views on NZ’s antinuclear policy.