1. ASSAULT - the teenage son of a Filipino diplomat has admitted to police that he sexually assaulted a seven year old Wellington girl and he's claimed diplomatic immunity..PEARSON..00:03:35.
2. LANGE AT UN - The Prime minister will be meeting the Soviet Foreign Minister later today..LANGE/GRIFFIN..00:03:07.
3. VISIT - Western Samoa's Prime minister is due in Auckland this evening on a personal mission to encourage reconciliation between New Zealand's Samoan and Tongan communities..EVILEI/FOLSTER..00:02:36.
4. HEADS & WEATHER
5. COURT - govts been accused of trespass, breach of trust and negligence in relation to Māori property rights over fisheries in a major action filed in the High court yesterday..BROOKFIELD/LATIMER/GEE..00:03:57. PALMER/JACKMAN..00:02:05. TIPENE O'REGAN live in studio..00:05:32.
6. NEWS/SPORT
7. DRUGS - leading NZ sports administration says NZs lack of success in the global sporting arena is largely because Kiwi athletes are not involved in the international sport-drug culture..HANCOX/PLUNKET..00:03:00.
8. TRANSPORT - Local Authorities which operate their own traffic departments want the govt to make it compulsory for drivers to carry their licences with a photograph at all times to try to cut down the number of unlicensed drivers on NZ roads..FOLEY..00:02:00.
9. HEADS/PAPERS
10. REGULATE - head of a leading accounting firm says the widespread use of creative accounting by many companies in the past couple of years is coming back to haunt them causing collapses and massive losses. GRAY/BECKFORD..00:02:50.
11. CANCER - experts in orthodox and alternative treatments pitted their arguments against each other in Dunedin last night..GRAY/WINSTANLEY. 00:03:04.
12. STEPHENSON - a Rotorua man believes has has a system that can reduce unemployment..STEPHENSEN/RODENBURG..00:01:56.
13. SLATE TILE - a small company in Canterbury has come up with a form of slate tile it hopes will become a multimillion dollar export earner for New Zealand..KILLICK..00:01:50.
14. POLAND - Polish govt has elected a new prime minister..BLOW BBC. 00:00:58.