1. FRENCH NUCLEAR - FRANCE CONFIRMS IT WILL MOVE SOME OF ITS NUCLEAR TESTS TO FANGATAUFA..PAUL WEBSTER LIVE EX PARIS..00:03:20. GREENPEACE - news of switching tests draws fire from Greenpeace..MAHAR/HAYSOM..00:01:44.
2. FLOOD RELIEF - govt 50 million dollar relief package for areas hit by Bola welcomed..WALLBANK/CAMERON/CAVE/FROST..00:03:23.
3. RAILWAYS - may cuit some two thousand jobs over the next 12 months..PEREIRA..00:01:20.
4. HEADS & WEATHER
5. WEATHERSPOON - NZ dollar falls steadily..WEATHERSTON (ECONOMIST)/VERSCHAFFELT..00:03:22.
6. NATIVE - conservationists claim victory of preservation of a major native forest near Rotorua..MCSWEENY/PEREIRA..00:01:58.
7. ENZED - talks between themanagement and the combined union group - neither side commenting on outcome..SHARLAND..00:02:14.
8. POWER - Auckland Electric Power Bd says it will stick by its plans to build its own power stationl..NEWSAM VOICER..00:02:09.
9. RATU - Fijis PM arrives in London to try to persuade the Queen to restore links..CHALKLEY VOICER..00:01:53.
10. NEWS & SPORT
11. MATERNITY - criticism levelled atAuckland Hospital Board for the way it responded to fears about a trial involving women in labour at Middlemore..GAISHAUSER..00:02:41.
12. DYAN/THOMPSON - Labour Depts supervising inspector of factories worried workplace safety could suffer as result of the depts restructuring..THOMPSON/SHARLAND..00:01:51.
13. HEADS & PAPERS
14. JESSE JACKSON - Senator Richard Gephardt to drop out of the race - strengthening Jacksons campaign..MCNEILL..00:01:13. PROF JACKSON - says system for selecting candidates is democracy idealised and run riot in many ways..PROF JACKSON..00:01:49.
15. LAND DAY - IN isreal the army has announced its closing off the occupied territories in the run-up to an important Palestinian anniversary..SUTT..00:01:18.
16. BRIERLEY - will emerge as one of the counmtry's most diverse media groups if it wins its bid for total control of the NZ News newspaper group..GILL..00:01:59.
17. TEXTILE - rally over NZ Garments/Fiji garments..GEE WRAP..00:01:45.
18. DANGEROUS - 24 dangerous goods and explosives inspectors meeting to discuss the implications on their service of the depts restructuring..SHARLAND..00:01:08.
19. CLIMATE - NZs coastal cities could be flooded and agriculture dramatically changes over the next 50 years as the earth's temperature rises..