1. NOUMEA - Chirac wins Presidential vote in New Caledonia by 9-1...DOBELL...00:00:53
2. EMBASSY - Government rejects call to close French Embassy...DE LORE I/V WILD...00:01:27
3. LABOUR CONFERENCE - Government given sharp message from Wellington Regional Conference of Labour Party...ARANYI I/V JONES...00:02:20
4. HEADS & WEATHER
5. PETROL - motorists around country can expect wide range of prices in deregulated market...NEWSAM I/V VAN DER VELDEN...00:02:53
6. ROS NOONAN - Commission of Social Policy releases report...NOONAN LIVE IN STUDIO...00:03:30
7. ISLANDERS - Pacific Island Network welcomes Royal Commission on Social Policy...PEREIRA I/V LABAN...00:02:30
8. NEWS & SPORT
9. NZIER - Institute of Economic Research quarterly survey of business opinion finds high degree of pessimism in level of business confidence...VERSCHAFFELT I/V BOLLARD...00:02:34
10. POLICE - Police Association calls for more safeguards against possible human rights abuse at Police Complaints Authority due to be set up...BRITTENDEN I/V MORROW...00:02:08
11. HEADS & PAPER
12. CRITICAL CARE - Auckland Hospital's critical care staff condemn attitude of N.Z. drivers & lack of political commitment to median strips...PATRICK I/V JUDSON...00:02:26
13. ANDERTON - returns home from Singapore shaken by what he calls traumatic and stressful experience observing court hearing over arrrest of critics of Singapore government...BRITTENDEN I/V ANDERTON...00:01:34
14. POLAND - striking workers issued second ultimatum...BBC SIXSMITH...00:00:50
15. SINGAPORE - another man detained without trial...BBC NETTLESHIP...00:00:59
16. FUNERAL - leaders of Samoan & Tongan communities make further calls for peace between two races...MacKAY...00:01:08
17. BUSINESSWOMEN - Mary Welsh, American Fullbright scholar completes study of N.Z. businesswoman & has built up profile...VERSCHAFFELT I/V WELSH...00:01:57