1. ECONOMY - more predictions that the NZ economy is coming right.. HUDSON/HIBBERD/VERSCHAFFELT..00:04:37.
2. BARRIERS - Minister of Transport hopes to have median barriers installed on all urban motorways within the next two vears.. JEFFRIES/PLUNKETT. 00:02:52.
3. MEDIAN - mixed reaction to the decision to speed up construction of median barriers on Auckland motorways.. TAYLOR/THOMAS..00:01:46.
4. HEADS & WEATHER
5. DEFAMATION - govts introduced legislation which the Minister of Justice says will simplify one of the most notoriously difficult areas of our law.. PALMER/YOUNG..00:01:59. GODDARD - media law expert Tom Goddard has welcomed the introduction of the Defamation Bill. saying it should promote wider debate within the community.. GODDARD/PEREIRA..00:02:22.
6. DRINK/DRIVE - leading alcohol researcher has strongly criticised the govts transport reform bill on new breath alcohol levels and increased penalties for drunk driving.. BATT/PEREIRA..00:03:04.
7. SUICIDES - A British defence and communications expert says a spate of apparent suicides by scientists working on top secret projects in Britain may have a sinister explanation and must be investigated officially..CHALKLEY WRAP..00:01:45.
8. PAYMENTS - Britain suffered its worst-ever balance of payments deficit last month of over two thousand million pounds.. SIXSMITH/LAWSON..00:01:12.
9. UNION NAMES - as the process of union amaloamation picks up speed. there's a problem emerging....just what can the new union groupings call themselves.. CLARK/SHARLAND..00:02:10.
10. NEWS & WEATHER
11. REFINERY - NZ Refining Company says its current negotiations with the four big oil companies for new supply contracts will prove critical for the future of the Marsden Point refinery.. MCKEGG/NEWSAM..00:03:07.
12. FRIGATE - it now seems a full refit of the NX frigate Southland has been ruled out.. DOLAN/NCNEIL..00:02:20.
13. HEADS & PAPERS
14. PPTA - wants a larger central education ministry to be retained when the govt reformed education administration.. ALLEN/RODENBURG..00:02:25.
15. MINE - visiting Australian mining leader says NZ's missing out on exploration investment because of hostile conservation laws.. COPEMAN/NEWSAM..00:01:43.
16. ROCARD - French PM is due to arrive in New Caledonia this morning.. SUE WILLIAMS..00:00:40.
17. STANDARD - Assn is calling for stricter controls on the importing of potentially dangerous goods into New Zealand.. PLUNKET..00:01:21.
18. IMMUNISE - Paediatric Society believes NZ is falling behind the rest of the world when it comes to child immunisation.. CULL/WOODS..00:01:42.
19. WOMEN - Central Institute of Technology is making a big effort to redress the imbalance of women in the areas of science and technology.. MCDONALD/SAUNDERS..00:01:43.