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0630 News/Weather/Māori News
0640 Report from our Mana News team
0645 Pacific Regional News : Ex RNZ International
0650 Business and financial news. David Jones
0700 NEWS FATAL ACCIDENT - housebus smashes through railings on bridge high above Mohaka River on Napier-Taupo highway, as many as 12 people feared to have been killed. Televison cameraman Simon Nixon arrived on scene shortly after crash, describes scene. (Mng Rpt); live i/v with reporter Selina Gentry, at the site. FRENCH PRESIDENT Jacques Chirac addresses France on national television re nuclear furore. Live i/v with correspondent Lynn Terry. TATHIT - Papeete airport re-opens after being closed by riots. Some 6,000 people gather in downtown Papeete to stage peaceful demonstration against riots. Live i/v with RNZ News reporter Don Rood. FOREIGN MINISTER Don McKinnon returns from 9 day visit to Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga and Niue, i/ved live about issues concerning those countries and NZ. FATAL ACCIDENT - Napier police release statement. Live i/v with Snr Sgt Alan Monk.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NUCLEAR TESTS - NZ puts case in World Court today. (Marie Hosking); i/v with Attorney General Paul East who's presenting the case, he's asked if French participation in hearings is boost to NZ's cause. (Mng Rpt) ELDER ABUSE - report initiated by Age Concern released, says problem much more widespread than realised. Comment from Chief Family Court Judge Patrick Mahony and Social Welfare minister Peter Gresham. (Helen Matterson); live i/v with Age Concern national co-ordinator Miranda Jackson. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES
0800 NEWS/WEATHER FATAL ACCIDENT - search under way for bodies of people involved in crash into Mohaka River. Live i/v with reporter Selina Gentry; live i/v with local volunteer firefighter Cas Thompson. NEW JUDGES - idea of special training school for gains support. Committee of senior judges wants govt-funded Institute of Judicial Studies attached to VUW to provide orientation and training for newly appointed judges. Comment from past president of Criminal Bar Assn Marie Dyhrberg. (Cushla Managh) CITIZENSHIP - revealed that some Western Samoans falsified documents to show they were younger than actually were so they could qualify for citizenship through adoption. Live i/v with Internal Affairs secretary Roger Blakely. RUSSIAN SEAMEN - police say Russians involved in fatal drinking session in boat off West Coast may have been drinking industrial alcohol. 2 died and 4 others seriously ill in CH Hospital. Live i/v with Westport police sgt Mark Berryman. NORTHERN IRELAND - new Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble takes tough stand against IRA. He's been labelled hardliner but rejects such labels - i/ved. (Mng Rpt) RUGBY - NZRFU to look into security arrangements at Counties Union's Pukekohe stadium following 2 incidents where players were allegedly assaulted. (Stephen Hewson); live i/v with former All Black and commentator Graham Thorn. (Counties union tried to ban him from commentary box after he criticised crowd for poorish behaviour.)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS TENNIS - US Open in New York reaches men's finals, with Andre Agassi against Pete Sampras. Live i/v with correspondent Judy Lessing. NUCLEAR TESTS - Greenpeace says it's had no news of 3rd boat, La Ribaude, seized by French military inside 12 mile exclusin zone off Mururoa. Yacht was carrying journalists and 8 MP's from Australia, Japan, and Europe. (Peter Fowler) NUCLEAR TESTS - live i/v with reporter Mark Crysell on board "Tui" about seizure of "La Ribaude", numbers in protest fleet currently. REHABILITATION SCHEME - CH City Council putting more money into programme for skinheads. Original scheme to help them abandon movement and gain employment successful. Live i/v with city councillor David Close. COMMENT WOMEN'S CONFERENCE - live i/v with reporter Diana Burns about conference in Beijing, which is now at half way stage.