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0600 NEWS/SPORTS/WEATHER
0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: SPREADABLE BUTTER - NZ going to World Trade Orgn in battle to get European Union's tariff lifted. EU classifying spreadable butter as different to butter and has increases tariff on product threefold. Live i/v with Rural reporter Sarah Willis.
0621 RURAL NEWS
0626 SPORTS STORY: WOMEN SPORTS ADMINISTRATORS meeting in AK reports major progress in getting women's sports recognised internationally. Live i/v with Hillar Commission's general manager Kereyn Smith.
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0636 NEWS STORY: HONG KONG - British govt to allow some 8,000 HK ethnic minorities, mainly of Indian and Pakistai descent, to live in Britain although most plan to stay in HK. British passport means they won't be stateless when China takes over. (Keith Chalkley)
0640 OVERSEAS NEWSPAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS
0648 NEWS STORY: AOTEAROA TELEVISION directors call in Spicer and Oppenheim to go through books after fresh allegations involving finances. Reports that NZ First MP and illegible Aotearoa director Tuku Morgan and director Morehu McDonald used company cheques to buy expensive clothing. Comment from Labour leader Helen Clark and NZ First president Doug Woolerton, and Barry Muraror of Politiks menswear. (Iain Gracie)
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: FINANCE TELECOM announces billion dollar buy-back of its shares will start within fortnight. Spokesperson Linda Sanders says half shares will be bought on NZ ar NY stock exchanges with other half split between Ameritech and Bell Atlantic. (Mark Crysell); live i/v with Scott St John, director of equities at First NZ Capital. PDL INDUSTRIES (plastics) says it will need strong 4th quarter performance to meet forecast full year result of up to $13 millions. Reports it's concentrating on Asian operation and cutting debt because it expects interest rates to rise. (Gyles Beckford) SPREADABLE BUTTER - Agriculture minister Lockwood Smith meets EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fishler in AK. (Stephen Hewson) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS AOTEAROA TELEVISION - live i/v with Morehu McDonald re allegations that he and Tuku Morgan used company cheques to buy expensive clothes. SPREADABLE BUTTER - live i/v with Agriculture minister Lockwood Smith about NZ's application to World Trade Orgn re European Union tariffs on product. AUSTRALIA - REPUBLIC - PM John Howard announces constitutional convention on Australia becoming a republic, followed by a vote by turn of century. (Zandra Sharpe) OAKES CASE - Judith Ablett-Kerr QC appearing before Privy Council tomorrow to ask for special leave to appeal conviction of Gay Oakes who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1994 for murder of partner Doug Gardner. Ms Oakes defence was battered woman syndrome. Live i/v with Ms Ablett-Kerr. PAKISTAN -ELECTION - Muslim League, led by Nawaz Sharif, wins and gains commanding majority in Parliament despite low voter turnout. Live i/v with correspondent Zaffar Abbas.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS FINANCE UPDATE NATIONAL PARTY caucus in AK overshadowed by Aotearoa Television affair. Today' agenda includes discussion on how party can distinguish itself as political brand from coalition partner NZ First. Live i/v with Political reporter Stephe illegible. SOUTH AFRICA says it plans to take tougher line against nuclear waste shipment travelling past its coastline after "Pacific Teal" broke promise over planned route and entered exclusive economic zone Live i/v with correspondent Anthony Johnson. SPREADABLE BUTTER - live i/v with European Union Agriculture Commissioner Fran Fischler. OVERSEAS PAPERS U.S. - STATE OF THE UNION - President Clinton to deliver address today, expected to focus on education. Mrs Clinton to appear at same time on national television singing and telling nation to "lighten up". Live i/v with correspondent Martin Walker.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER AOTEAROA TELEVISION - NZ First party president Doug Woolerton says he's sure there's satisfactory explanation for MP Tuku Morgan's using company cheques fo personal expenditure. Mr Woolerton says the party will stand by its MPs. He's i/ved live; live i/v with Political editor Karen Fisher. CAR ASSEMBLY - Manufacturing and Constructions Workers' Union blames govt for diminishing local market. Mitsubishi Motors has announced plans to cut illegible by 15%. Ford and Mazda revealed last year their assembly operations were under threat. (Hannah Belcher); Ford to close AK plant in March. I/v with general manager Tony Brigden. (Mng Rpt) OAKES CASE - while Gay Oakes' supporters are adamant she should not be in prison for killing partner Doug Gardner, his family equally convinced that justice has already been done. (Kiri Coughlan) AUSTRALIA - REPUBLIC - half of delegates to constitutional convention on issue will be elected by popular vote. How do Australians view the convention? Live i/v with correspondent Pru Goward.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS FIRE REGULATIONS - proposed new regs likely to mean many residential hotels an resthomes will have to install sprinklers. Comment from Resthome Assn presiden Simon O'Dowd and Building Industry Authority chief exec John Hunt. (Karlum Lattimore) SERBIA - BELGRADE - President Milosevic calls on Parliament to reverse decisic to annul local elections won by opposition 3 months ago. Live i/v with correspondent Paul Wood. GERMANY'S ECONOMICS MINISTER Gunther Rexrodt arrives in NZ to meet politicians and business leaders, visit comes as Germany looks towards NZ as possible springboard to trade in Asia-Pacific economies. (Geoff Rodoreda); i/v with Herr Rexrodt. (Mng Rpt) WAITANGI DAY - range of activities around the country to mark day tomorrow. After clashes of recent years, programme at Waitangi will be almost muted. Comment from Don McKinnon, protestor Mike Smith, and Waitangi organiser Pita Paraone. (Lois Williams) FRUIT AND VEG REPORT with Jack Forsythe.