6.30 NEWS AND TOP HALF 06/08/1985

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:
Major heroin seizure in Auckland.
Air NZ Fokker Friendship collides with a Boeing 747 on the ground at Auckland Airport.
Major change to tax system to be announced in coming weeks.
Government accused not delivering on election promises as living standards drop.
Kits made available for testing blood for AIDS virus.
Mount Egmont’s name to be changed to Mount Taranaki.
Protests against French nuclear testing in Raratonga.
Government denies claims the frigate Canterbury turned down a free berth at Pearl Harbour, choosing instead to pay commercial rates.