07:00am
NEWS
07:06am
SOVIET: President of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin, announces his resignation from Soviet Communist Party. Bridget Kendall, BBC LIVE.
07:08am
SHARES: Kim Hill interviews Peter Verschaffelt on the big increase in share prices yesterday, with the Barclays index leaping 45.9 points.
07:12am
WEATHER office: Auditor General expresses concern about restrictions on free forecasts and the implications on public safety. Janice Rodenburg reports.
07:13am
WEATHER: Minister defends move towards user-paid forecasting. Clare de Lore interviews Bill Jeffries, Minister of Meteorological Services.
07:19am
CIVIL AVIATION increased charges. Adam Gifford interviews Pilot, Greg Rabe on the government’s charged weather services.
Continued…
AVIATION: Major challenges are set with the new charges and fees. Tino Pereira reports.
07:23am
CHEMICAL weapons incineration planned to take place on Johnston Island in the Pacific - US Embassy briefings on the controversial burn continue. Michael Kopp reports.
07:27am
WEATHER
07:30am
NEWS and SPORT
07:41am
WAIROA: Mayor is pleased with a new crime prevention scheme. Janice Rodenburg interviews Cliff Owen, Mayor of Wairoa.
IRD: Pakuranga MP, Maurice Williamson says IRD are keeping taxpayers waiting for their refunds and stonewalling customers. Peter Aranyi reports.
07:46am
TURANGAWAEWAE Marae is hosting a hui for the Waikato University, to meet with tribes in catchment area. Adam Gifford reports.
07:47am
METROPOLITAN PAPERS LIVE
07:49am
FOREIGN INVESTMENT: Geoff Robinson interviews DeAnne Julius, economist who's written book on foreign investment and the discusses the issue of foreign buyouts and overseas investors.
QUEBEC: Battle of the barricades between police and the Mohawk Indian tribe escalates as tensions are high, with one police officer now dead. Tom Earle reports for BBC.
08:00am
NEWS/LOCAL BREAKOUT
08:10am
ELECTRICORP predicts power for home consumers should stay below the rate of inflation. Peter Abernethy interviews Rod Dean of Electricorp.
08:12am
ELECTRICORP: Consumers Institute says Electricorp are taking too big a slice of the pie. Dyan Sharland interviews David Russell from the Consumer’s Institute.
08:14am
ELECTORAL reform argument. Paul Jackman interviews Bruce Knowles National Party Taranaki Electorate Chairman, LIVE.
08:17am
BALLET: Geoff Robinson interviews Jenny Pattrick, Arts Council Chairperson regarding a report that shows New Zealand Ballet is facing a financial crisis.
08:23am
SOCIAL policy. An in-depth report by the Government Statistics Department on general spending shows households with children are paying heavily. Peter Verschaffelt interviews Len Cook, Acting Government Statistician.
08:26am
LOBSTERS: A project to raise rock lobsters in captivity is underway, aimed at a lucrative Japanese market, remains shrouded in commercial secrecy due to major competitors with similar commercial initiatives. Wendy McGregor interviews Dr Peter Smith, from the Ministry of Agriculture.
08:30am
NEWS
08:35am
AA vows to fight the government, National or Labour, until it stops creaming off petrol tax money to boost general coffers. Dyan Sharland reports, LIVE.
OSTEOPOROSIS: Kim Hill interviews Dr Ian Reid from the Auckland School of Medicine on a new drug from the United States that gives hope to sufferers some relief.
08:43am
MĀORI protocol in the public service and governmental departments. John Clarke, Chief Executive of Te Manatu Māori, LIVE.
08:46am
ABORIGINAL: Kim Hill interviews Lorena Allam, ABC's Aboriginal Affairs reporter, on the new Aboriginal Provisional Government.
08:52am
GERMANY: An enormous political row has erupted in Britain over comments made by Trade Secretary Andrew Whitehead, BBC, LIVE.
08:54am
OZ SPOT: Phil Kafcaloudes with the weekly look at events across the Tasman.