EYEWITNESS NEWS. 05/05/1989

News and Current Affairs.

Main Stories:
Two New Caledonia Kanak leaders, Jean-Marie Tjibaou and Yeiwene Yeiwene, were assassinated by an extremist Kanak last night. Speaker: James McNeish (Author).

Oliver North was found guilty of charges relating to the Iran-Contra scandal today.

A survey of ten years of Thatcherism in Britain.

Other Stories:
The explosion which destroyed a light aircraft in Minginui is believed to be drug related.

Explosives used in the bombing of a Christchurch night club on Monday night have been traced to a West Coast mine.

Crown Lynn potteries in Auckland is to close down, with the loss of 200 jobs.

Canadian distance swimmer Vicky Keith is expected to take another three hours to cross the Cook Strait.

The Minister of Fisheries Colin Moyle will decide next week whether to accept recommendations from Government scientists to reduce the orange roughy catch.

Dame Sister Mary Leo, one of New Zealand’s most influential music teachers, died today aged 94. Speaker: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.

A United States court decision ordering the San Diego yacht club to hand over the America’s Cup has enraged the club. The court has decided that the New York Yacht Club should hold the cup while the appeal against the judgement giving it to New Zealand is considered.

Space Shuttle mission.