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0600 News/Sport
0615 Good Morning "Rural" NZ : See Rural Report Rundown
0630 News/Weather/Māori News
0640 Report from our Mana News team
0645 Pacific Regional News : Ex RNZ International
0650 Business and financial news. David Jones
0700 NEWS STROBE TALBOTT, highest ranking US official to visit NZ in a decade, gets down to meetings tiday with govt and opposition representatives. Visit seem as final stamp of approval to improved political relationship between NZ and US. (Karen Fisher); live i/v with Foreign minister Don McKinnon. MāORI - debate over possible constitutional change to give Māori greater say in illegible continues. Live i/vs with Prof Mason Durie, one of the Māori leaders who want such a change, and constitutional expert Sir Kenneth Keith; live i/v with deputy PM Don McKinnon. WESTERN EUROPE - week of torrential rain followed by severe floodings in France, Belgium, Germany, Britain, and the Netherlands. In Netherlands, thousands of people being advised to flee areas threatened by flood from the Rhine. Live i/v with Rina Miller, head of English section at Radio Netherlands International in Hilversum.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS - with Geoff Barraclough.
KIDNEY PATIENT, 73 year old James McKeown, to be reassessed for dialysis for today. Mr McKeown subject of controversy between doctors and Health minister Jenny Shipley). South AK CHE chief exec Lester Levy has ordered review saying age is social rather than clinical factor. Dr Levy i/ved live. PM JIM BOLGER ends visit to World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, speaks critically to Forum about report on global government. (Janice Rodenburg) ASPAC/PAPERS
0800 NEWS/WEATHER SEX OFFENDERS - Otago woman pressing for residential care for offenders, has 15 year old son in secure unit for committing long list of sexual offences but illegible due to be released when he's 17. She's i/ved live. ECONOMIC INFORMATION due to be released today expected to show how much economy has grown in past year. Gross Domestic Product figures expected to show growth of over
00:00:5:5%. while manufacturing and construction sectors also expected to show growth as are retail sales. Comment from Buttle Wilson sharebrokers' chief economist Robin Clements. (David Hargreaves) MISSING PERSON - DN police have growing fears for safety of Timothy Pridding who mysteriously disappeared more than 2 months ago. (Tracy Lyell) AUSTRALIA - smooth transition in leadership of Opposition from Alexander Downer to John Howard. Mr Howard expected to concentrate on govt's economic performance. (Phil Kafcaloudes) SEX OFFENDERS - returning to story about 15 year old offender whose mother wants him kept in custody instead of being released back into community when he's 17. Live i/v with Insp Athol Soper about police view of issue. FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER rapidly advancing, with El Nino weather pattern getting blame. Foot access to glacier closed off to public after floodwaters alter course of river below it. Comment from glaciologist Trevor Chin and guide Mark Mellsop. (Mark Crysell) KIM HILL PREVIEW REGIONAL NEWS
0830 NEWS/SPORT OTAGO MUSEUM campaigning for more money, damage likely to occur to some exhibits if it doesn't get what it needs. Live i/v with museum director Richard Cassells. GERALD DURRELL, British zoologist and author, dies aged 70 from complications following liver transplant. I/v with secretary of Mr Durrell's Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Simon Hicks. (Mng Rpt)
MORNING COMMENT- Noel Cheer
LOS ANGELES - live i/v with correspondent Kirsty McIvor about recent events there.