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0700 NEWS ZAIRE REFUGEES - massed return of half million refugees to Rwanda appears likely to undermine plans to send multinational force to region. UNHCR official Fernando del Mundo says force is still needed. MARS MISSION spacecraft crashes into Pacific Ocean near Easter Island after passing over Australia and NZ. US Space Command tracked the craft, trying to predict where it would come down. Live i/v with Cdr David Knox, deputy public affairs chief at Colorado Springs tracking centre. HOUSING MARKET - ASB survey says confidence returning to market as well as over interest rates but Real Estate Inst questions optimism. Comment from economist Rozanna Wozniak, and Real 'Estate president Max Oliver. (Karen Gregory-Hunt) CONTRACT MURDER - 67 year old Taumarunui man appears in court this morning charged with trying to pay for local police officer to be murdered. Some locals shocked but others say they're not surprised by news. Live report from Police reporter Karlum Lattimore; live i/v with Insp Geoff Holloway, Ruapehu Area Controller. FORMER ALL BLACK COACH Laurie Mains launching book on his career this week, claims he now knows who poisoned team prior to World Cup loss to South Africa last year. (Kent Caddick)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS PORT ARTHUR MASSACRE - case against Martin Bryant, who's pleaded guilty to killing 35 people, will be presented in Hobart Court this morning. Live i/v with ABC reporter Matt Peacock. UNSAFE CARS - author of car buyers guide, "The Dog and Lemon Guide", criticised by one of the researchers whose results are used in the guide. Comment from Motor Industry Assn chief exec Perry Kerr and Dr Peter Vulcan, Monash Univ accident research centre. (Corinne Ambler); live i/v with guide's author Clive Matthew-Wilson. FUTURE EARNINGS - landmark matrimonial case, in which AK Family Court judge granted woman part of her ex-husband's future earnings, goes to Court of Appeal today. (Merle Nowland); live i/v with Otago Univ associate law professor Mark Henaghan. FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER ZAIRE REFUGEES - World Vision's Philip Marr says aid agencies preparing for 2nd wave, says army is needed to cope with hundreds of thousands of displaced people. (Mng Rpt) MARS MISSION - Russian space officials claim plutonium aboard space module which crashed into sea presents no danger as it was securely stored in a "double casing". Correspondent James Coomaraswamy says there's no explanation yet for rocket's failure. (Mng Rpt) PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES COALITION - parties involved talking of likelihood of decision within next 2 weeks, speculation growing that NZ First will choose National as coalition partner. Live i/v with Chief Parliamentary reporter Janice Rodenburg; comment from Labour's Finance spokesman Michael Cullen. TONGA - pro-democracy MP Akilisi Pohiva vows to fight on despite his latest jailing by political establishment. Pohiva and fellow MP Teisina Fuko jailed over newspaper articles, charged with sedition and defamation of the king. (Lualemana Tino Pereira) CONTRACT MURDER - many Taumarunui people not surprised by news of attempt to buy murder of police officer, with increasing criminal activity in town in recent years. Former police officer Terry Kay says things definitely getting worse. (Mng Rpt)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS UNSAFE CARS - Imported Motor Vehicle Dealers' Assn head John Nicholls says guide author Clive Matthew-Wilson could not have seen seat-belt tests he spoke about in i/v and any suggestion that Honda City is unsafe is not true. (written item) BOMB SCARE causes traffic problems in WN. Police say ticking parcel found beside rail tracks on old Hutt Rd, all traffic diverted from area. Live report from Claire Silvester. HOUSING MARKET - live i/v with Massey Univ's professor of Property Studies, Bob Hargreaves. BRITISH GOVT facing rebellion on 2 fronts in House of Commons as tough new laws on gun ownership are debated. Some Tories says plans don't go far enough while others say they go too far. (Keith Chalkley) FAIR RIDES - Occupational Safety and Health Service concerned about safety of fair rides, especially "Magic Carpet" which involves pulling children on sleds behind tractors. Live i/v with OSH registrar of amusements, Maurice Flood. ALL BLACKS CLAIM - reaction in South Africa to Laurie Mains' claim he now knows who poisoned All Blacks before World Cup final last year. Live i/v with correspondent Anthony Johnson.