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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 QUEBEC - defeated separatists pledge another breakaway attempt after losing referendum by just
00:00:1:2%. Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau shocks Canadians with bitter speech blaming defeat on big business and non-French immigrants. Live i/v with Don McPherson, "Montreal Gazette". SUEBEC - how are Canadians in NZ reacting? Comment from Canon Tim Delany, co-convenor of Canadians in Wellington Club. (Mng Rpt) QUEEN ARRIVES in NZ, travellingon specially converted first class section of Air NZ commercial flight from London. Other passengers found security very tight. (Mng Rpt) WANGANUI RIVER - Māori activists refuse to say if they'll continue protest on river which disrupted jetboat race yesterday. Comment from activist Niko Tangaroa. (Peter Fowler) SIR WALLACE ROWLING - obituary, tributes. (Stephen Hewson); live i/v with John Henderson, Canty Univ political scientist, former director of Labour Party research unit, and biographer of Sir Wallace.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS HOUSING NEW ZEALAND - Labour's Housing spokesman Paul Swain accuses it of "shonky" rent-setting policy. Corpn has halted several hundred rent review letters from being sent out after discovering anomalies in policy. (Helen Matterson); live i/v with rental services general manager John Hamilton. ALLIANCE LEADER jim Anderton releases critical analysis of Labour's poll ratings and alternative budget, restates conditions for any possible future coalition. Labour shrugs off attack, with Mike Moore swinging in behind the party. Comment also from Michael Cullen. (Janice Rodenburg) illegible - Chris Short spends second night In Tongariro national park. Police scale down search for him. Live i/v with Snr Sgt Andy Warne. OAMARU POLICE OFFICER Bruce Philip Thomson found guilty of 2 assaults and another with intent to injure, had denied total of 9 assault charges. (Ryan O'Rourke) QUEEN ARRIVES - Adam Hollingworth reports live from AK Airport.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER BOSNIA - more evidence emerging re atrocities committed by Serbs in eastern Bosnia. US intelligence photos indicate mass graves in Srebrenica region, refugees claim as many as 6,000 people killed. (Jonathan Schwass) LABOUR PARTY 2 sitting MPs want to be off the party list. Rick Barker (29th) and Mark Peck (22nd) say pressure from local constituents behind decision. Live i/v with Rick Barker. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES ALL BLACKS - coach Laurie Mains and team members Sean Fitzpatrick, Michael Jones, Jonah Lomu and Josh Kronfeld make personal protests against French nuclear tests to be read by French citizens. Comment from Michael Jones. (Graeme Moody) COOK ISLAND TAX INQUIRY - Court of Appeal due to conclude hearing today into appeal by Audit Office against demand for documents, will then hear from auditors KPMG Peat Marwick which took over from Audit Office as official auditors for Cook Islands govt, in 1991. (Bronwen Evans) LIQUOR BAN - AK's North Shore City Council imposes liquor ban for this weekend (Guy Fawkes) in response to concern from police about controlling groups of young people celebrating on beachers and in reserves. Comment from Insp Geroge Wood, and Mike McAvoy, ALAC chief exec. (Lydia Monin) REGIONAL WEATHER
0830 NEWS/SPORTS QUEEN ARRIVES - i/v with Air NZ pilot Ken Mulgrew. (Adam Hollingworth) QUEEN/MEDIA - what sort of coverage do Queen's overseas trips get from British media, or is it only interested in royal intrigue associated with young royals? Live i/v with BBC's Paul Reynolds who covered Queen's arrival in NZ. POLAR BEAR - NZ members of Zoo Check concerned about fate of sole remaining polar bear at AK Zoo. Bear's mate died yesterday and bear is now alone in what zoo admits is outdated and cramped enclosure. I/v with Alan Gatland, former AK zoo-keeper and member of Zoo Check. (Mng Rpt) U.S. TELEVISION TALK SHOWS - political advocacy group "Empower America" launches campaign against low-brow talks shows. Live i/v with spokeswoman illegible Giddens. COMMENT BRITAIN - live i/v with correspondent Keith Chalkley about PM Major's nuclear rapport with France, Quebec decision attracts attention in Scotland, and House of Horrors trial.