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0700 NEWS POLICE SHOOTING - AK police shoot woman holding shopkeeper hostage in Avondale. Woman in stable condition in hospital. Live i/v with Acting Police Cdr, Insp Norman Stanhope. PRISON STRIKE - deadline for members of Penal Officers' Assn, to withdraw plans to refuse night shift, expires this morning. Live i/v with June Dallinger, human resources manager for Public Prisons Service of Corrections Dept. RUSSIAN PLANE crashes on Norwegian island of Spitzbergen. Rescuers say all 143 passengers killed. I/v with Trond Hansen, Norwegian Broadcasting Service. PRISON STRIKE - live i/v with John Slater, Penal Officers' Assn, in reply to June Dallinger KIWI INTERNATIONAL owners due to announce major shake-up today, expected to involve job losses and cutbacks in service. Comment from Kiwi Air spokesman Philip Burton and chief exec of the Travel Agents Association Peter Lowry. (Bronwen Evans) LATE WINTER WEATHER brings snow to many parts of country and closes roads. Met Service chief forecaster Augie Auer says intensity of cold air unusual even in Winter - i/ved live.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS U S TENNIS OPEN - day four, with Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi in action. Live i/v with correspondent Judy Lessing. HEALTHCARE HAWKES BAY gives 40 striking junior doctors until 10 am to reply to latest pay offer or return to work and continue negotiations. Doctors want 6% pay increase, CHE offering 2.25% with 3 monthly incentive payments. Reaction of local people to dispute. (Heugh Chappell); live i/v with Debra Sidebotha, Resident Doctors' Assn; live i/v with CHE chief exec Mark Flowers. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS plan strike just hours before schools officially close for holidays, striking for 7.7% pay rise and national collective employment contract. (Mark Torley) DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION - scandal strikes Clinton camp. Campaign strategist Dick Morris quits after a supermarket tabloid reports he engaged in a year-long affair with a prostitute, with whom he shared confidential campaign documents. I/v with "Guardian" correspondent Martin Walker. (Mng Rpt) FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones
0800 NEWS/WEATHER KIWI INTERNATIONAL - chief exec Ewen Wilson holding news conference in CH on company's future. He's i/ved. (Mng Rpt) RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH - plane was on charter flight from Moscow, went down near airport on Spitsbergen shortly before due to land. I/v with Fin B Hansen, Norwegian Rescue Service. (Mng Rpt) PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES B S E - British epidemic could be virtually eliminated in 5 years, with or without cattle cull, according to research by 8 Oxford Univ scientists. Not everyone convinced. Research also reveals that up to 750,000 infected cows entered human food chain over last 10 years. (Keith Chalkley) PRISON STRIKE - PSA another side to conflict. It represents about half prison workers, not in dispute with employer. I/v with WN delegate Mike Smith re what PSA members will be doing during strike. (Mng Rpt)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS RUGBY - All Blacks 3rd test team against Springboks announced, in some respects a second string team because of injuries. Will it be enough to prevail against the Boks? Live i/v with commentator Graeme Moodie. ELECTION campaign proper starts with Alliance launch. Voters now have 6 weeks to decide which of more than 20 parties to vote for and to ensure they know how new MMP system works. Comment from Electoral Commission chief exec Paul Harris. (Janice Rodenburg) illegible INDUSTRY TROUBLES - there are disputes at plants in Eltham, Hawera, and Paeroa. Trend towards greater disruption nationwide or one-off affairs? Live i/v with Graham Cooke, Meatworkers' Union of Aotearoa, and Brian Lynch, exec director of Meat Industry Assn. HONG KONG - will economic stability be maintained under Chinese rule? Live i/v with visiting financial secretary to Hong Kong govt., Hon Donald Tsang. OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. (hunt for Queensland gunman)