6PM NEWS / HOLMES. 08/05/1989

Network News At Six. Top stories:

In Queensland, Australia, a huge police hunt ends with a tearful reunion. A 10 year-old girl is reunited with her parents after a kidnap ordeal.

A Mexican vodoo drug smuggling cult meets a sticky end. Leader Adolfo Constanzo is shot dead after a drug battle in Mexico City.

The French Prime Minister leaves a “ticking bomb” behind in Noumea, New Caledonia, after the assassinations of two Kanak leaders.

One of music’s Grand Old Dames, Dame Sister Mary Leo, is farewelled at her funeral service in Auckland.

Holmes: A child is left brain damaged after a simple operation. Who will accerpt responsibility?

Western Samoa has been told it will have to accept cuts in its NZ immigration quota.