1. INTRO
2. CHOGAM - The C'wealth has reached an accord on sanctions against SA. Mark Scott 00:03:10
3. REACTION (Govinder wrap) - Black & white anti-apartheid leaders in SA have welcomed decision to send top-level delegation to country. 00:01:45
4. McLAY - Opposition leader J McLay says row over front bench position for Sir R Muldoon should be laid to rest for a while. J McLay Spiro Anastasiou Anna Symmonds 00:04:10
5. WEATHER FORECAST.
6. ANNIVERSARY (Lessing voicer) - PM will be one of select group of speakers who will address the UN Assembly on Charter Day. Judy Lessing 00:02:10
7. CORCORAN - NZ Party says domestic purposes benefit shouldn't be paid out to every single mother who has no means of providing for her child. Janie Pearce Jane Thompson 00:02:50
8. HICKS - PSA has hailed as a major breakthrough Govt moves to allow part-time workers in the public service the same rights as full-time workers. Penny St John 00:01:50
9. PROBLEM KIDS - Practice of sending Cook Islands children back home from NZ to continue schooling is causing problems there. David Lewis Jane Young 00:03:00
10. PSEUDO-SCIENTISTS - Two Wgtn academics are setting up committee to examine work & credibility of astrologers, numerologists & others. Dr G Hewitt Prof T Vignaux Paul Davenport 00:02:00
11. ERRATUM - Apology for a "blue". we made yesterday. An item on Tim Rice referred to his involvement in stage show Cats. Tim Rice has nothing to do with this show. 00:00:15
12. NEWS WX SPORT.
13. VD - Incidence of VD has shown a marked drop over past five years. Penny St John 00:01:05
14. BONITA - Results of intensive 3-yr study into stroke cases in NZ published. Research has established a definite link between cigarette smoking and strokes. Dr R Bonita Kirsty Cameron 00:02:05
15. ANTI-NUKE (Brittenden wrap) - Denmark's former Foreign Minister, Kel Ollerson, has returned to Copenhagen after joining Greenpeace protest vessel near Mururoa. Wayne Brittenden Wayne Brittenden 00:01:55
16. TODAY'S PAPERS.
17. POLICING - Ldr of Opp Jim McLay told public meeting in Manurewa last night that country is sick and tired of prison sentences for serious crimes. Jim McLay Peter Kingston 00:02:25
18. POLICE TRANSFERS - Two detectives to be given 30 days notice of transfer out of Dunedin following row over police handling of alleged sex-ring scandal in the city. Ken Thompson 00:02:10
19. CORSO - CORSO plans to attack poverty in NZ by financing Māori rural developments. Ross Stevens Carol Greensmith 00:01:25
20. TRIVIAL PURSUITS - It was at A'land hotel yesterday when Toltoys invited many identities to take part in the NZ launching of the internationally popular board game Trivial Pursuit. Gordon McLaughlan Peter Kingston 00:02:20
21. TRANSPLANT - Heart transplant appeal for 17 yr old Kelvin McCarthy from Weston near Oamaru has reached its $70,000 target. Bob Campbell 00:01:05
22. ESCAPED CONVICTS - Nearly 150 convicts in Honiara, Solomon Islands, escaped because prison guards swung open gates as a protest at disciplinary action against two colleagues.