1. RESERVE - optimism about the economy is reflected in a Reserve Bank survey..PETER VERSCHAFFELT..00:02:09.
2. LANGE LIVE - Prime minister has lambasted people who have spoken of falling business confidence..DAVID LANGE IN STUDIO..00:05:20.
3. HEADS & WEATHER
4. INDUSTRIAL - this years award round is now well underway but progress seems very slow..SHARLAND/CARROLL..00:03:20.
5. DAILIES - at least four daily newspapers won't appear today and all others will be thinner than usual..HANNAN..00:01:01.
6. PSYCHOLOGIST - a visiting industrial psychologist says too many New Zealand employers are taking an unnecessary brutal appraoach to cutting back staff numbers.. STEWART/NEWSAM..00:02:24.
7. FIJI - New Zealand's largest clothing manufacturer Lane Walker Rudkin plans to set up a manufacturing plant in Fiji. LEE/KILLICK..00:01:27.
8. ACCIDENTS - a Wanganui doctor is presenting a road accident study to the traffic accident research foundation today which he hopes will initiate some changes for accident prevention on New Zealand roads..DE JONGH/JOHNSEN..00:01:44.
9. POLL - three months after the violent and mysterious death of President Zia, the people of Pakistan have voted in the country's first unrestricted general election for eleven years..BRODIW BBC..00:01:28.
10. NEWS & SPORT
11. CHURCHOUSE............SHAREMARKET.............PETER CHURCHOUSE..00:02:07.
12. QUEENSTOWN - people are becoming increasingly divided by the decision of Mt Cook airlines to start flying older model Boeing 737s into the town's airport..BRADFORD/PETER BRITTENDEN..00:02:13.
13. HEADS & PAPERS
14. MANUFACTURERS - a study commissioned by the Manufacturers Federation predicts more job losses in the sector, a drop off in output and reduced investment over the next four years, if the govt sticks with its current economic policy..MARTIN/PEARSON..00:02:57.
15. SHIPPING - bids for the shipping corporation close at the end of this month..PEREIRA..00:01:52.
16. CONDOMS - the Standards Association wants to see a New Zealand standard for condoms to prevent the sale of sub standard ones..WALKER/HOWARTH..00:01:35.
17. WEBB - the life imprisonment imposed on a 16 year old Auckland boy has raised a question about the lack of discretion judge's have in sentencing people found guilty of murder..LOCKHART/HIRST..00:01:50.
18. TEACHER - a homosexual high school teachers claims there are a high proportion of gay and lesbian teachers in New Zealand schools..TEACHER/RODENBURG..00:02:20..
19. BLACK BARON - in France the Black Baron has appeared in the skies of Paris again..TIM MARSHALL..00:01:28.