1. IRAN - dramatic and welcome news of a possible end to the bloody war between Iran and Iraq..LESSING..00:01:59. IRAN - even close observers weren't expecting this morning's news..HALLIDAY..00:04:08. DEMOCRATICS - peace would appear to be breaking out on another battle front...the top level of the United States Democratic Party..LAWN LIVE..00:03:37.
2. SOPE - Rebel Vanuatu MP warns if new govt formed, NZ High Commissioner there may be expelled.. SOPE/FOLSTER..00:02:17.
3. MONEY - BNZs latest lending interest rate reductions have prompted some speculation about how much further rates can fall without significant deposit rate cuts.. GRANT..00:02:46.
4. CHARLES - Unemployment dominating the Irish political scene..HAUGHEY/DE LORE..00:03:06.
5. AITKEN - Dr Judith Aitken is Secretary of Women's Affairs..AITKEN LIVE..00:04:19.
6. NEWS & SPORT
7. SURVEY - to determine how many Maoris, Pacific Islanders and people from other ethnic groups are working for the government.. SHARLAND..00:02:27.
8. EQUAL - with pressure growing for the intro of the notion of Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value, the Clerical Workers Union has suggested methods for comparing the value of different jobs.. COLEMAN/RODENBURG..00:02:48.
9. HEADS & PAPERS
10. NEW CAL - South Pacific countries are pulling back from putting continued pressure on France over New Caledonia.. MARSHALL/PEREIRA..00:02:10.
11. DEMS - Garry Knapp accuses Bruce Beetham of betraying the cause of Social Credit..KNAPP/SHARPE..00:01:31.
12. NEEDLES - group of Dunedin drug users says the Health Depts needle exchange programme isn't working...JIMMY/WINSTANLEY..00:02:09.
13. FERGUSSON - new findings show smokers are 250 times more at risk of getting cancer than beer drinkers.. FERGUSSON/RODENBURG..00:01:43.
14. CRAYFISH - clam that organised groups are running a black market operation in undersized crayfish and paua.. JOHNSTON/MYERSs..00:02:31.
15. IRELAND - novel way of raising money for charity..a spot-the-cow-pat competition..