6.30 NEWS. 03/08/1985

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:

Airline crash in Texas.
New leader elected at New Zealand Party conference.
Government scheme to help first home buyers.
Business survey predicts downturn.
Anti-nuclear fleet prepares to leave for Mururoa.
President of French Polynesia says nuclear testing will continue at Mururoa for another 15 years.
Salvage work continues on Rainbow Warrior.
Two Soviet cosmonauts go on a five hour space walk.
Poverty Bay storm: decades to recover damage. Some land may never be used for traditional farming again.