1. U TRADE FIGS - good decline in US trade deficit in Sept. PORTER/BBC. 00:01:27. PEARSON - why is the sharemarket here doing worse than others? PEARSON. 00:04:08.
2. IER - hope emerging on topic of inflation..BECKFORD..00:36:00.
3. CER - how far off with Australia?DE LORE/CAYGILL. 00:03:02.
4. HEADS & WEATHER
5. RECALL - women recalled for further examination..GAISHAUSER. 00:01:36.
6. TOUGH TALK - idea Marsden Point could be closed raises storm. NEWSAM/MCKEEG..00:03:23.
7. BARKER - industrial action likely in hospitals. FROST/BARKER..00:01:30.
8. AUST/FIJI - Bill Hayden to meet Fiji's Foreign Minister. DOBELL/HAYDEN. 00:01:11. MBOLE - says he's willing to accept conditions for the talks imposed by Mr Hayden..MBOLE/DOBELL..00:01:43.
9. IRISES - Van Gogh's painting 'Irises' sells for 49-million US dollars!!! plus ten per cent commission for Southeby's..(glup)..LESSING. 00:02:36.
10. NEWS/Sport
11. POST OFFICES - groundswell of opposition grows..ARANYI/ACT. DRIVER. 00:01:53.
12. DRIVING - NZ Defensive Driving Council will sell the rights to its courses to the MOT..GALLOP/MCMILLAN..00:02:10.
13. HEADS/PAPERS
14. AIDS CONF .ends first day with call for greater involvement for AIDS workers and volunteer groups..GAISHAUSER..00:02:58.
15. SRI LANKA - P1 passed legislation giving limited autonomy to the Tamils in the north and east of the island..RETTY/00:01:08.
16. BIG WET - Sydneysiders drying out..STEWART..00:01:32.
17. MARINELAND - future of Napier's Marineland in doubt again..FOLEY/MACDONALD 00:01:47.
18. TRIAL - of members of the Ngai Tamarawaho sub tribe shaping up to be a lengthy one..NIALL..00:01:46.
19. CONVERSION - Anglican Archbishop of NZ has had a new kind of conversion experience..REICH/ACT. ARCHBISHOP..00:01:42.