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0700 NEWS UNLEADED PETROL - so far 841 motorists have reported problems with new high octane petrol. Petrol from 8 tanks quarantined over weekend because aromatic content over 50% voluntary limit set by industry. Live i/v with spokeswoman Beppie Holm. Live i/v with chemist Dr Jim Sprott, who's calling for aromatics to be cut to below 40%, about same level as old super petrol. SCOTLAND - Queen and Princess Royal visit Dunblane with floral tributes to massacred children and their teacher. Live i/v with correspondent Andy Dougan. PRIVY COUNCIL - Attorney General Paul East proposes introducing laws scrappin appeals to Privy Council in bid to force opposition parties to declare positions. Comment also from Labour's deputy leader David Caygill and Matt Robson of the Alliance. (Anna Hughes) PURAKAUNUI SCHOOL in Otago burns down for 2nd time in 8 months, 2 days before official opening. Education ministry agrees to rebuild school. Live i/v with ministry manager Michael Deaker; live i/v with Dianne Wessel, whose son Jamie attends the school.
0700 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS illegible - 3 sperm whales stranded at Paekakariki beach to buried today after Māori from local iwi Ngati Toa have removed teeth and jaw bones for carving. (Karlum Lattimore); i/v with DoC senior conservation officer re whales' death and whether they died in pain. (Mng Rpt) SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE gags "The Independent", stops it publishing articless based on secret documents allegedly stolen from Office relating to Cook Islands taxation inquiry. Injunction also forces paper to hand over the documents. Live i/v with "The Independent" business editor Jenni McManus. ST PATRICK'S DAY - live i/v with Dublin correspondent Mark O'Connell.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER UNLEADED PETROL - live i/v with Consumers' Institute director David Russell about the options for motorists who do end up with damaged fuel line. ALLIANCE closer to working out party list for election, no major upsets in latest step - selection of South Island and lower North Island regional lists. Comment from Liberal leader Frank Grover, Bill Hamilton of Mana Motuhake, Rod Donald of the Greens, and Alliance leader Jim Anderton. (Anna Hughes) PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES OVERSEAS TRAVEL - new agreement among European Union countries will see tourists limited to 3 month stay in Europe as a whole, ending days of backpackers doing an extended wander around. Live i/v with Foreign minister Don McKinnon, who's been questioning European official on proposed new laws. WORLD VISION FAMINE, 21st, expected to have raised about $2 million for children of war-torn countries. Up to 150,000 NZers tooik part. (Adam Hollingworth)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS MONDAY OZ SPOT - i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes about weekend's events across Tasman, including Australia's loss of World Cup Cricket to Sri Lanka. TELEPHONE HOTLINE, proposed by AK private investigation company for workers to report colleagues for criminal activity, draws criticism. COmment from WN lawyer John Edwards and Barry Wilson, Civil Liberties. (Stephen Hewson) BRAIN DEATH - questions asked about doctors' ability to diagnose cases after British man, who'd been in coma for 7 years, awoke and began communicating with hospital staff. Health authority had considered asking High Court for permission to withdraw feeding tube after deciding he was in persistent vegetative state. (Keith Chalkley); NZ lacks guidelines on what constitutes brain death or a persistent vegetative state. Live i/v with Dr Alistair Gunn, member of ethics advisory committee at Health Waikato. COMMENT INDIA - military morale causing major recruitment problems for army. I/v with correspondent Ranjan Gupta.