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0700 NEWS AUCKLAND WARRIORS rugby league team succeeds in getting govt to change smoke-free legislation so it can host its first winfield Cup game tonight. Comment from MPs Max Bradford, Trevor Rogers, Peter Hilt and Peer Dunne. (Anna Hughes) TOBACCO LOBBY says MPs hypocrites for allowing Winfield Cup sponsorship for year but not other tobacco sponsorships. Comment from exec director of Tobacco Inst., Michael Thompson. (Adam Hollingworth) SMOKE FREE LEGISLATION - live i/v with Associate Health minister Maurice Williamson who proposed and oversaw amdt allowing Winfield Cup game to go ahead. TELEPHONES - plans for competition for local calls on hold again as Clear Communications rejects Telecom's latest offer. Comment from Clear chief exec Andrew Makin and Telecom spokesperson Clive Litt. (Mark Crysell); live i/v with Communications minister Maurice Williamson. NORTHERN IRELAND - Queen and Prince Philip visit for first time since announcement of ceasefire. Tight security. Live i/v with "Independent" Belfast correspondent David McKittrick.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS AUCKLAND WARRIORS - live i/v with chief exec Ian Robson. RUGBY LEAGUE season starts in AK tonight with Brisbane Broncos playing Auckland Warriors in historic transTasman match. Live i/v with RNZ commentator Alan McLaughlin. RUSSIA - security council asks Parliament to double size of crime-fighting budget following increasing concern about crime levels. Live i/v with Moscow correspondent Tracy Sutherland. ASPAC/PAPERS
0800 NEWS/WEATHER POLITICAL post-morems begin as to why Opposition MPs have twice this week failed to rein in govt when victory within reach. Voting tactics in Parliament seeing emergence of informal coalitions. Comment from MP Michael Laws and Labour leader Helen Clark. (Kathryn Street) MāORI AFFAIRS - fiscal envelope and events of Waitangi Day still being debated in media. Live i/v with Derek Fox, Mana Media, and Frances O'Sullivan, National Business Review. ADOPTION SCAM - Samoan govt launches investigation in scam allowing some young Samoans to gain NZ citizenship illegally. Comment from NZ High Commissioner in Samoa, Alex Wright. (Karlum Lattimore) AUCKLAND - International Committee on Monuments and Sites concerned that 3 of AK's most important historic areas are to be bulldozed and council isn't doing enough to protect them. Sites included downtown Britomart area, upper Symonds St snops and properties around Customs and Fort St. illegible Dr Susan Bulmer, secretary of the committee, and Councillor John Williams.
0830 NEWS/SPORT REGIONAL NEWS CELLS SUICIDES - police overhauling training and procedures in attempt to prevent suicides in police cells. Police senior psychologist Ian Miller says better training is needed. (Karlum Lattimore) HOME ALONE - number of cases rises sharply in past year. DSW says it could be because more people are reporting cases but parents' groups say increased financial pressure is reason. Comment from Children and Young Persons Service acting chief social worker Noel Stevens and national director of Parents Centres New Zealand, Sharron Cole. (Leigh-Anne Wiig) IRISH FESTIVAL being launched in AK today for first time. (Lydia Monin) GHOST in the Waitaki District Council buildings? Live i/v with Oamaru reporter Tama Muru. COMMENT OZ SPOT - live i/v with Sydney correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes about week's events across the Tasman.