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0700 NEWS PALESTINE suicide bombers kill 7 Israelis and wound more than 30 in 2 car bomb attacks near Jewish settlements in Gaza Strip. Israel demands PLO Yasser Arafat crack down on militants in region after bombings claimed by Islamic Jihad. Live i/v with Palestinian journalist Taher Sritah in Gaza. RUGBY LEAGUE - acting chair of AK Warriors, Sir Roger Douglas, going to Australia for talks with Australian Rugby League about contract with Warriors. He's i/ved live. RUGBY LEAGUE - commentators suggest league battle is about money rather than sport. Kerry Packer, Australia's richest man, and media magnate Rupert Murdoch are having battle of the chequebooks. Live i/v with Economics correspondent Bronwen Evans. COOK ISLANDS WINEBOX INQUIRY - Commission of Inquiry holding special hearing today. Commissioner wants to know why some companies are failing to comply with notices to produce documents relevant to inquiry. (Adam Hollingworth) NZ TEACHER Donna Reid returning home soon from Greece after police there drop theft charges against her. Her employer had accused her of stealing jewellery. Live i/v with her lawyer Noel Cocurullo. EXECUTION - protest across Britain at execution in US of British-born convicted killer Nick Ingram. (Keith Chalkley)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS MāORI ISSUES - Labour leader Helen Clark says it's time PM Jim Bolger stopped "unilateral initiatives" on Māori issues he has no grasp of. (referring to possibility of govt funding elected group to take part in negotiations with govt on Māori issues). Helen Clark i/ved live. NUCLEAR POWERS pushing ahead with plans to renew nuclear non-proliferation treaty which runs out later this month, and which aims to stop more nations acquiring nuclear weapons. I/v with Steve Doley, research director of Washington-based Nuclear Control Institute. (Mng Rpt); live i/v with Disarmament minister Doug Graham. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES
0800 NEWS/WEATHER RUGBY LEAGUE - Australian Super League officials deny reports top Australian rugby union players have been approached to join venture, but that hasn't stopped rumours programme to poach players is about to start. Live i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. RUGBY LEAGUE - confirmed a number of All Blacks approached to join Super League. Consultant Graham Lowe has been asked to contact All Black coach Laurie Mains and assure him no players have been signed yet. Where to from here? Live i/v with former All Black Andy Haden. CROWN HEALTH ENTERPRISES - AK CHE board vows to continue present course despite chair Brian Panckhurst being sacked. Mr Panckhurst believes he was removed by govt for speaking out about lack of funding for the hospitals under his control although CHE minister Paul East says removal relates to future planning rather than funding. Comment from Alister Scott, Coalition for Public Health, and Graeme Hawkins, AK Healthcare acting chair. (Mark Torley) CROWN HEALTH ENTERPRISES - chair of Medical Assn, Dennis Pezaro i/ved about whether there might be more heads of CHEs leaving in coming months. (Mng Rpt); i/v with CHE minister Paul East about why a man so apparently admired by his peers had been sacked. (Mng Rpt) REGIONAL NEWS
0830 NEWS/SPORTS DINAH LEE, NZ 60s pop queen, arrives from Sydney to take part in VUW series of lectures on "Popular Culture in Postwar New Zealand". She'll also present collection of photos, clipping books and memorabilia to Alexander Turnbull library. Ms Lee i/ved live. MāORI OCCUPATIONS continue at several sites - Tamaki, Waikato Univ, Wanganui, Rotorua. Occupations win support from Māori Council. (Adam Gifford) PALESTINIAN POLICE raid homes of Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza City after suicide bombers kill 7 Israelis and wound 54 in Gaza Strip. I/v with David Ben-Illan, editor in chief of "Jerusalem Post". (Mng Rpt) MARITIME EXERCISE - largest top be held by NZ for several years starts today. Royal NZ Navy begins war games in Tasman, and will also welcome back French warships back to exercises for first time since sinking of "Rainbow Warrior" illegible 5. (Eileen Cameron) COMMENT MARK THATCHER, son of former PM Margaret Thatcher, in trouble over business affairs. His mother dragged into controversy. Live i/v with correspondent Keith Chalkley.