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0700 NEWS PLANE CRASH - A TWA Boeing 747 has crashed into the Atlantic ocean off New York. All 228 people aboard are presumed dead. Audio of eye-witness accounts and of president Bill Clinton telling reporters an FBI, National Transportation Safety Board and Coastguard investigation has been launched. Live i/v with CBS reporter Rob Foreman with audio of CBS reporter Ed Crean. OLYMPICS - And suggestions terrorism may have been involved in the crash have lead to increased security for the Olympic Games in Atlanta. But the big news there is that Mark Todd will not ride in the competition. His horse has failed a veterinary test. i/v with him from Atlanta. EQUITICORP - The High Court in Auckland has ruled that the government should have known Equiticorp's purchase of New Zealand Steel was financed illegally, but former associate finance minister David Caygill has defended himself saying neither he nor his boss Sir Roger Douglas, were aware of it. Audio of Caygill. neither he nor his boss Sir Roger Douglas, were aware of it. Audio of Caygill. Live i/v with Bob Dey of the National Business Review. RICH LIST - The NBR has published its annual list of the richest New Zealanders. Live i/v with author Graeme hunt. illegible NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS HEROIN - Wellington police have arrested an 18-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man after the biggest ever heroin seizure in the city. Corinne Ambler wrap with detective senior sarg Paul Berry. MEDICAL MANSLAUGHTER - Doctors are welcoming laws that make it harder for them to be charged with manslaughter when they make mistakes. The amendment follows a report from retired court of appeal judge Sir Duncan McMullin. Wrap from Clare Sziranyi with Waikato hospital anesthetist Geoffrey Long and Head of the Medical Law Reform Council, Ross Blair. CLIMATE - At a conference on climate change in Geneva the US has called for an international agreement on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Wrap from Sarah Holden with Dr Jeff Bertram Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Jane Dalziell Greenpeace, Barry Weeber ECO New Zealand, Terrence Currie Greenhouse Policy Coalition. i/v with environment minister Simon Upton who's at the conference. HOUSING - Most of Auckland's 679 council houses will be sold off over the next two years the city council decided last night, despite an attempt by ten councillors to delay the decision until a social impact study has been carried out. Audio of Auckland mayor Les Mills. Live i/v with Alliance councillor Dr Bruce Hucker. DEFENCE - New Zealand's former defence chief Vice Admiral Sir Somerford Teagle is concerned that defence spending has slipped to levels that mean if an urgent need for forces rose, we could not put them together. Live i/v with Teagle. FINANCE
0800 NEWS/WEATHER OLYMPICS - Security has reportedly been stepped up in Atlanta, following the explosion that caused a plane to crash into the sea off New York. But this doesn't seem to be affecting our team in the city. i/v with chief de mission for the New Zealand team, Dr Dave Gerard. (He also talks about who will march in the opening ceremony and about Mark Todd) PLANE CRASH - The US Coastguard have been out all day in the Atlantic off New York, searching for bodies from the TWA plane crash - about 100 have been found. Live i/v with Robert Linear from a coastguard boat. TELECOM STRIKE - Telecom workers stopped work yesterday, concerned about Telecom's desire to replace their collective contract with a combination including over a thousand individual contracts. Audio of workers picketting the Telecom AGM in Wellington. Live i/v with Suze Wilson from the Engineer's Union and Clive Litt of Telecom. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES MANUKAU JOBS - Manukau City has a plan to get its residents off the unemployed list and into jobs, focussing on investment and business growth. illegible from Eileen Cameron with Leigh Gatt, co-author of the strategy, Breakfast cereal company Hubbards Food Limited general manager John Ashman and employee Angelo Sala. RUGBY - The All Blacks play South Africa as part of the Tri-Nations series tomorrow at Lancaster Park in Christchurch. Live i/v with Graeme Moodie on his way down south.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS RUGBY INJURIES - A group of injured ex-rugby players have asked lawyer Grant Cameron to help them convince the rugby union to take action to reduce injuries in the game. i/v with Cameron. CYPS - the Childrens and Young Persons Service has released the findings of a year long review on the service in Auckland, revealing that it hasn't kept up with the growing demand for services in the region. NEW ZEALAND FIRST - NZ First will release its economic policy this weekend and it will be one the financial markets take notice of, Wrap from Stephen Parker with NZ First advisor Michael Laws and Reserve Bank governor Don Brash. COMMENT AUSTRALIA - Live i/v with Phil Kafcaloudes on Australian sprinter Dean illegible, cleared to run at Atlanta after a drug test, the possibility of a illegible on gun laws and cuts to funding for the ABC.