A one-hour sample of Morning Report 6am-7am, 15 September 2004. Presenters - Geoff Robinson and Sean Plunket.
Tk 1, Programme introduction, then the 6am news read by Nicola Wright, sport with Gary Ahern, then trailer and weather with Nicola.
10'00" Bangladesh - flooding worst in decades.
11'55" US presidential campaign - Democrat candidate John Kerry criticises President Bush over non-renewal of ban on military-style assault weapons.
13'55" Pacific News with Brian Hudson - items about Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Niue, Pacific Islands Forum.
17'55" Trailers
18'40 Rural news with Kevin Ikin - high fuel prices hurting contractors (Demelza Hastings), animal behaviour specialist Clive Dalton warns against further dog attacks, visiting Thai trade activist says free trade deal would hurt Thai dairy industry, Thai poultry farmers protest against use of bird flu vaccines.
23'45" Mana Report with Fiona Apanui. Actuality of former Māori Land Court judge Ken Hingston; Finance Minister Michael Cullen (with Carol Archie).
Tk 2, half hourly news & regional weather forecast.
06'35" The Iraqi capital Baghdad has suffered its worst violence in 6 months - massive car bomb kills 47, injures more than 100 outside main police HQ. Gunmen have also killed 12 policemen in town of Baquba.
08'45, School Trustees Assn. - schools increasingly dependent on locally-raised funds to deliver quality education - president Chris Haines & ed. researcher Cathy Wylie.
10'55" Commerce Commission chair Paula Rebstock warns electricity companies over breaches of the Fair Trading Act.
13'10" NZ newspapers. 15'00" Traffic conditions.
15'15" Business News with Todd Niall - Access Brokerage client database bought by Direct Broking from liquidators; Takeovers Panel says why it believes a particular sale breached the Takeovers Code; TransTasman air war under way; Tower is questioned about its splitting of operations; Restaurant Brands quarterly sales flat; Retail sales figures; New Auckland inner-city magazine Max launched by Fairfax; finance/markets; trading in RetailX shares to resume. Tk 3, 7am time pips.