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0600 NEWS/SPORTS/WEATHER
0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: PAPUA NEW GUINEA - POLITICAL CRISIS - head of military Cdr Singirok in open illegible with PM Sir Julius Chan over Bougainville mercenaries controversy, says PM must resign. Sir Julius calls special cabinet meeting in attempt to defuse situation and quell fears of military coup. I/v with correspondent Peter Neise.
0621 RURAL NEWS
0626 SPORTS STORY: RUGBY - i/v with commentator Graeme Moodie about suspension of Waikato Chiefs prop Richard Loe for punching AK Blues Zinzan Brooke and Richard Fromont in Sper 12 match.
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0636 NEWS STORY: AK - INNER CITY APARTMENTS - number growing dramatically. AK City Council report shows there are over 2,000 completed dwellings in central area with likelihood of 4,000 by turn of century. MP Pam Corkery describes what she didn't like about apartment living. (Eileen Cameron)
0640 OVERSEAS NEWSPAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS
0649 NEWS STORY: BRITAIN - ELECTION called for May 1. 45 day campaign will be longest since illegible with Tories hoping to catch out Labour leader Tony Blair who's well ahead in polls. (Keith Chalkley)
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: FINANCE MONETARY CONDITIONS likely to stay tighter than Reserve Bank has indicated it wants, because of better than expected retail sales figures and rising house prices. Bankers Trust economist David Plank comments. (Mark Crysell) DEUTSCHE BANK expanding portfolio of call warrants to inclue ordinary shares in Lion Nathan and Carter Holt Harvey. Warrants allow investors right to buy but not obligation to buy sahre in nominated stock at future date. (Mark Crysell) VIRTUAL JOB INTERVIEWING - Feilding firm Selector PAS makes its first sale of virtual interviewing to British firm Serco. Managing director Tony Chapman says software has potential to change radically way staff are recruited. (Mark Crysell)
0700 INTRO/NEWS PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PM Sir Julius Chan vows not to resign after army bosses give him 48 hours to quit. Audio of Gen Jerry Singirok, Sir Julius' press agent Mark Lilyman, Bougainville rebel Moses Havini, and rights advocate Powes Parkop. (Eric Frykberg); live i/v with NZ Foreign Affairs minister Don McKinnon. CRIME STATISTICS - latest figures show 2% rise in crime last year. Over all, 10,000 more offences reported to police and less than half of all offences swam 40 minute freestyle leg to put them in reach of North Island - he's i/ved live. U.N. - NZ wins seat on new commission to oversee claims for outer limits of a country's continental shelf. Commission has implications for NZ's economic future. (Judy Lessing) SOUTH PACIFIC CHILDREN - UNICEF warns they're facing dietary crisis, appear to have passion for western junk food despite being surrounding by abundance of fresh food. Live i/v with Lois Engleberger, nutritionist leading campaign in Tonga to improve diet.