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0700 NEWS AUCK SHOOTING - Auckland police and the Police Complaints Authority are illegible an incident in which Timopoara Raharuhi was shot by a police officer at an Auckland service station on Saturday night. Raharuhi had taken a hostage and loosed off anumber of rounds from his own gun. Live i/v with AK district police commander Norman Stanhope. The New Zealand police force are officially unarmed, but a rise in violence is causing arms to be used by them more often. Live i/v with lawyer and criminology lecturer Scott Optican. Acting minister of police Doug Graham declined to be i/v'd but said he'll meet with the police commissioner today. POSTIES - Thre small postal workers' unions are filing for an interim declaration against NZ Post in the Employment Court today ... and this morning Auckland posties are meeting to discuss whether they'll take industrial action. Wrap with Phil Edser the AK union secretary, Terry Devlin from the Chch postie's union and an employment consultant. (Marguerite Fahy) Meanwhile NZ Post are having trouble keeping up with the backlog of mail, despite help from volunteers and office workers. Live i/v with John Allan from NZ Post. OAMARU HOMICIDE - Mental health workers are refuting claims that a man arrested after the murder of an Oamaru woman and the sexual violation of her daughter, was not given sufficient care. Wrap with NZ First's Graham Harding who received info the man was not given enough follow-up care and Dr Stephanie du Fresne, director of forensic psychiatric services. (Kiri Coughlan) BRITAIN BISHOP - The Roman Catholic bishop who fathered an illegitimate son, then ran away with a divorcee has sold his story to the tabloid 'News of the World' i/v with the bbc's Martin Lewis.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS RUSSIA - President Yesltsin's doctors are supposed to make a decision this week on his heart bypass, but now questions are being asked about whether he is healthy enough to undergo the operation. i/v with Andrew Harding in Moscow. JURIES - A conference of NZ and Australian judges and senior court officials over the weekend has discussed the jury system, deciding juries need more assistance. Wrap with Wellington QC John Billington and Palmerston Nth QC les Aitkens. (Merle Nowland) BREAST CANCER - A study of 500 women has found they are not well-informed about breast concer. They overestimate the incidence of breast cancer, downplay the importance of family history as a risk factor and are uncertain about the age the cancer is most likely to occur. Live i/v with the Cancer Society's Betsy Marshall. NAVY - Two NZ sailors are to be questioned about the death of a civilian man near their air base. Live i/v with navy spokesperson Lt Sandra McKie. ELECTION CAMPAIGNS - Opening addresses from party leaders will be broadcast tonight, but the campaign's already been running two weeks, and differences to the way they sell themselves is already ocvious. Wrap from Janice Rodenburg with Anderton, Bolger, Clark and Peters. FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER AUCK SHOOTING - The shooting a of an armed man by a police officer over the weekend has once again brough tup the issue of police officers carrying guns. live i/v with the police assn pres Greg O'Connor on the police's view. STUDENT PROTESTS - over fees may move to the capital today, as the university meets to discuss fee increases of more than ten percent. Students at Victoria university have indicated they may follow the examples of protests by their Auckland and otago counterparts. Wrap with prof Les Holborow and Michael Gibbs of the Vic students assn. (Kiri Coughlan) PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES GREECE - The first official results from Greece's national election show the ruling socialists are way ahead. Live i/v with Louis Economopolous from Athens. POSTIES - The Auckland posties have been meeting this morning to discuss taking industrial action. Their meeting has just ended. Live i/v with Auck postal workers assn secretary Phil Edser. ELECTION - profile of the Dunedin South electorate, with Labour's Michael illegible, National's Malcolm McPherson Clive Matthewson from United. (Janice Rodenburg) AUSTRALIA - Oz Spot with Phil Kafacaloudes, talking about the discovery of rockpaintings which may prove Aborigines have been in the northern territory longer than 100,000 years.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS OTAGO FIRES - Rural firefighters have been busy in Otago over the weekend fighting six separate scrub fires which spread easily due to the dry conditions. Live i/v with National Rural Fire officer Murray Dudfield. ELECTION VOTES - Special votes can be cast from today, the first MMp votes in this country. Wrap with Hugh Garland and Colin James. (Nick Hirst) SHARK - The man who caught a shark suspected of attacking a man two weeks ago off the Chatham islands, has now sighted an even bigger shark off the islands. i/v with him - Tim Gregory-Hunt. RUGBY TREES - When the players arrived at Arnold rae memorial park in Kaitaia for the Mangonui rugby division one and two games over the weekend, something very strange had happened - the park had been planted with pine trees. What happened? live i/v with secretary of the rugby club, Kevin Cowie. MAD COW DISEASE - The agriculture ministers of fifteen European nations are illegible to discuss Britain's decision not to go ahead with a beef cull, the EU were convinced was the only way to eradicate BSE or mad cow disease. Wrap with MP Paddy Ashdown (Keith Chalkley) PAKISTAN - The government of Benezir Bhutto's being accused of state terrorism after the death of her brother in a gun battle with police. i/v with Zaffar Abbas, from Islamabad.