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0700 NEWS KIWI INTERNATIONAL liquidators say it's unlikely either secured or unsecured creditors will be paid out. I/v with Price Waterhouse's John Waller. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS ACT - PM Jim Bolger indicates National Party prepared to discuss future of Act if it's in coalition. Comment also from Employers' Fedn deputy chief exec Anne Knowles and CTU secretary Angela Foulkes. (Nick Hirst); live i/v with Jim Bolger. STUDENT FEES - AK Univ students occupy registry building overnight, protesting against projected 18% fee rise. Comment from various students and Vice Chancellor Prof Kit Carson. (Eileen Cameron); live i/v with Prof Carson. N.Z. FIRST officially launches election campaign. Latest poll result suggest support hurt by recent publicity. Comment from leader Winston Peters; live i/v with Winston Peters.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS KUWAIT agress to deployment of more US troops on its territory. Live i/v with correspondent George Eiken. NAVY WIVES fear for safety of partners on board "Canterbury", presently approaching Persian Gulf to help monitor blockade against Iraq. Live i/v with spokesperson Maria Tewehi. ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP Brian Davis tells meeting of church leaders that govt policies should not be blamed for country's social ills, causing anger within church and elsewhere at what's seen as pro-National comments just before an election. Comment from Terry Dibble, Catholics for Justice, Anglican minister Charles Waldegrave, and Presbyterian Moderator Peter Willsman. (Corinne Ambler); live i/v with Archbishop Davis. DIABETCS using blood test kits to monitor blood sugar levels may be getting inaccurate results. Pharmac study says none of 13 kits available in NZ measure up to US guidelines and only 4 reach NZ standard. Live i/v with Pharmac medical director Win Bennet. FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER ELECTION CAMPAIGN - Jim Bolger calls Labour, NZ First and Alliance the "Gloom Gang' while Winston Peters labels National, ACT, and Christian Coalition the "Toxic Trio". But these 2 groupings are most likely alternatives for coalition govt. Comment from ACT's Richard Prebble, PM Jim Bolger, and Christian Coalition's Graham Capill. (Janice Rodenburg) KIWI INTERNATIONAL - flight attendant Paul Goldsmith says staff would like to get some money back from company. He's i/ved live. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES STUDENT FEES - AK Univ students protest against expected 18% fee increase. Live i/vs with Students Assn president Simon Manning and Education minister Wyatt Creech. POWER COMPANIES - merger of Energy Direct and Capital Power given final go-ahead. Merger latest of number since electricity reforms 4 years ago but consumers complain they're not seeing benefits. Comment from Energy Direct chair Ron Arbucle, Energy Direct chief exec Mike Underhill, Consumers Inst chief exec David Russell and Simon Arnold of ManFed. (Mark Crysell) ELECTION PROFILE - Banks Peninsula. Sitting National and Labour MPs competing against each other, and there's also high profile Alliance figure. Comment from MPs David Carter and Ruth Dyson and Alliance's Rod Donald. (Marie Hosking)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS WILSON AND HORTON facing takeover bid from Tony O'Reilly's Independent Newspapers which already owns 45% share in Wilson and Horton. Live i/v with Economics correspondent Bronwen Evans; i/v with John Meagher, Independent Newspapers. (Mng Rpt) ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP Brian Davis says his comments about social ills were taken illegible some senior Anglicans as backing govt's economic policies. A look at how other political parties have reacted to remarks. Comment from Labour leader Helen Clark, Alliance leader Jim Anderton, and PM Jim Bolger. (Janice Rodenburg); live i/v with Christian Coalition co-leader Graham Capill. NAVY WIVES given reassurances that partners on board "Canterbury" in Persian Gulf not being put at risk. Defence minister Paul East says govt has no intention of putting sailors' lives at risk. (q). Live i/v with Defence spokesperson John Seward. WARWICK BENNETT - appeal hearing of convicted wife-murderer enters second day. Bennett claims his wife died in accident during domestic argument and that his lawyers during his trial were liars and incompetent. (Merle Nowland) ITALY - federal reform promised by govt, in move seen' as acknoweldgement that separatist Umberto Rossi remains threat to Italian unity. Live i/v with correspondent David Willey.