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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 illegible Pacific Regional News : Ex RNZ International illegible Business and financial news. David Jones
0700 NEWS BAD WEATHER on East Coast and in Hawkes Bay - torrential rain cuts power to hundreds of homes and closes roads with parts of region receiving more than 250 millimetres of rain in 24 hour period. Live i/v with Met Service chief forecaster Augie Auer; live i/v with Bill Turner, engineering works manager with Gisborne District Council. WALTER LITTLE becomes first NZ rugby player to be suspended for taking banned substance. Substance contained in pain killer he took for toothache, prescribed by Waikato Chiefs' team doctor Michael Bowen. (Adam Hollingworth); live i/v with Dr Matt Marshall, board member of NZ Sports Drugs Agency. CONSERVATION LAND - DoC considering selling land it no longer thinks is worth keeping in bid to boost coffers, says sales of unsuitable land not than unusual. Comment from DoC's Murray Hosking and Keith Chappel, Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society. (Stephen Hewson); live i/v with Labour leader Helen Clark, former Conservation minister who was closely involved in allocation of Crown land between DoC, Forestry Corpn, and Landcorp.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS illegible - NZ supermarkets clear shelves of British procesed food products that might contain beef. Health ministry has asked retailers to check labels of imported foods, requested voluntary withdrawal of any containing British beef, and set up hot-line for those wanting more information. Comment from Ministry's therapeutics manager Bob Boyd, Barry Hellberg of the Retail and Wholesale Merchants Association and Tim Roper, General Manager of the Unichem chain of chemist shops. (Marguerite Fahy) RAPE - police still not certain whether rape in central AK yesterday morning is connected with serial rape inquiry, Operation Atlas. Man entered woman's Ponsonby home and violated her before driving her to nearby ATM machine and forcing her to withdraw cash. Live i/v with Det Insp Steve Shortland. POLITICAL DONATIONS - political parties and candidates for Parliament now have to disclose donations over certain limit as well as put cap on spending during general election as changes to Electoral Act come into force. Comment from National Party president Geoff Thompson and Labour Party president Michael Hirschfeld. (Kathryn Street); i/v with NZ First leader Winston Peters who first campaigned for law requiring disclosure and who's not impressed with limits of $10,000 for parties and $1,000 for candidates. (Mng Rpt) UNITED STATES - 20 members of radcial group, Free Men, holed up in Montana wheat farm while more than 100 FBI agents wait outside in siege. Free Men are armed, have barricaded road to farm and have bunker to retreat to. (Judy Lessing) FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones
0800 NEWS/WEATHER BSE - rumours in Britain that Agriculture minister Douglas Hogg has offered resignation, so far refused by PM John Major. Partial recovery of beef market since some supermarkets began selling it below half price. (Keith Chalkley) BSE - NZ Health ministry says supermarkets should act on own initiative in deciding which products containing British beef need to be removed from shelves. Some confusion in retail industry with some shopkeepers puzzled as to exactly what should be removed. Live i/v with Health ministry's food administration manager Clare van der Lem. TRADE UNION - new claimant today to title of NZ's biggest private sector union with amalgamation between Engineers' union and Printing, Packaging, and Media Union to create Engineering, Printing, and Manufacturing Union. Live i/v with Printing, Packaging and Media Union's secretary, Paul Tolich. RUGBY SEVENS - NZ wins Hong Kong tournament taking champions' cup for 3rd year running. (Belinda Caminada) PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES ALEXANDRA BUNNY SHOOT - animal welfare lobbyists call for end to annual Easter illegible, say it's not about pest control but about killing animals for fun. Live i/v with Stuart Penn, spokesperson for Save Animals from Exploitation and Alexndra organiser of bunny shoot, Martin McPherson. MONDAY OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes about weekend's events across Tasman. (Victorian election returns Kennett govt)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS POLITICAL DONATIONS - live i/v with National Party treasurer Michael Cox in response to comments by NZ First leader Winston Peters. FRUIT FLIES - MAF on high alert following discovery of 3 fruit flies in AK area. Flies could seriously damage fruit industry if population established. Live i/v with Ruralschief reporter Wendy McGregor. CROWN HEALTH ENTERPRISES - CHE minister Bill English plans to appoint more medical experts to CHE governing boards, says only few of 23 boards have clinicians as members. Assn of Salaried Medical Specialists and Public Health Coalition say the move is cosmetic. (Karlum Lattimore) CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS SERVICE begins campaign today to educate parents on alternatives to physical punishment for disciplining children, part of series to reduce child abuse. Live i/v with senior social worker Alison Thom. COMMENT illegible SEVENS - how is the tournament received by local Hong Kong Chinese community? I/v with Belinda Caminada. (Mng Rpt)