0600 NEWS/SPORTS/WEATHER
0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: MURIWHENUA CLAIM - Waitangi Tribunal to deliver report this week saying if it upholds basis of claim for 170,000 ha of land in Far North, speculation it may use powers to order return of state-owned asset. Comment from Treaty Negotiations minister Doug Graham, Muriwhenua leader Matiu rata, researcher Margaret Mutu and Waitangi Tribunal director Morris Love. (Kerry Lamont)
0621 RURAL NEWS
0626 NEWS STORY: SOCCER - live i/v with correspondent Rick George re latest in British and European soccer.
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0636 NEWS STORY: NORTH SHORE TEENS - 200 involved in riot outside no-alcohol concert. Police sa many were drunk and out of control. Comment from Snr Sgt Murray Oates and teenage concert co-organiser Thea Govorko. (Andrew Fleming); live i/v with co-organiser Sarah Spurway.
0640 OVERSEAS NEWSPAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE meets this week to consider raising short-term interest rates for first time in over 2 years. (Mark Crysell) FINANCE MARKETS GOVT SPENDING - Fed Farmers, ManFed, NZ Chambers of Commerce release joint analysis on impact of proposed spending. Treasurer Winston Peters describes the critique as shoddy and misleading. (q). (Stephen Parker) BNZ JOB LOSSES looming as bank undergoes shake-up in middle management structure. (Gyles Beckford) CPI REVISION about to begin. 5 yearly review attracting more interest this time because of recent criticism for overstating level of inflation. (Bronwen Evans CHRYSLER sees bright future for itself in NZ despite competitiveness and small size of NZ market. I/v with president/chief exec Bob Eaton. (Todd Niall) HONG KONG - visiting KPMG partner Martin Cheung says HK's autonomy after Chinese take-over is guaranteed, China needs it to spearhead mainland's economic change, NZ businesses need have no worries about involvement there. (Gyles Beckford) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PM Sir Julius Chan again refuses to resign in spite of renewed call to do so. Australian armed forces on alert and already receiving warnings not to interfere. Comment from ABC correspondent Marius Benson, Australian Foreign minister Alexander Downer, Hamish McDonald of "Sydney Morning Herald". (Eric Frykberg); live i/v with NZ Foreign Affairs minister Do McKinnon. MURIWHENUA CLAIM - researcher Margaret Mutu puts value of claim at half a billion, assets include 20,000 ha of state-owned forests, Ninety Mile Beach, and Three Kings and Kermadec Islands. She's i/ved live; Treaty Negotiations minister Doug Graham i/ved live. RUGBY - HONG KONG SEVENS tournament won by Fiji, 24-21 against South Africa. NZ beaten by South Africa in semis. I/v with commentator Graeme Moody. INTERNET - NATIONAL RADIO goes online at www.rnz.co.nz. Live i/v with website developer Michael Sutton.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS FINANCE update with Gyles Beckford. ISRAEL - security cabinet lays down 6 conditions for resumption of talks with Palestinians following suicide bombing in Tel Aviv 3 days ago which killed Hamas bomber and 3 Israelis. Live i/v with correspondent Robert Berger. IMMIGRATION - leaked cabinet paper shows govt looking at raising fees. Comment from Labour spokesperson Annette King and minister Max Bradford. TOBACCO COMPANIES - Associate Health minister Neil Kirton seeking legal opinion on whether govt can sue companies. Move follows multi-million dollar settlement between American company Liggett and 22 US states which filed lawsuits to recover costs of caring for people with smoking-related illnesses. Mr Kirton i/ved. (Mng Rpt) EAST TIMOR - 2 people dead and 38 injured in Dili after hundreds of demonstrators clash with Indonesian security forces outside hotel where visiting UN envoy staying. Envoy charged with trying to solve deadlock of East Timor's status. (BBC) MONDAY OZ SPOT - correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes reports Melbourne health authorities on alert in case more people fall victime to food poisoning outbreak linked to suburban bread ship. 9 people in hospital and more than 100 seriously ill after eating Vietnamese pork rolls.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Australian and NZ officials working on contingency plans fo evacuationg estimated 13,000 nationals if situation deteriorates further. PNG PM Sir Julius Chan has made television broadcast saying he's ignoring calls from sacked armyc hief and opposition parties to resign. Live i/v with correspondent Marie Louise O'Callaghan. MURIWHENUA CLAIM - speculation Waitangi Tribunal may use power to force govt to return state forests to Northland Māori. Live i/v with Tribunal director Morri illegible. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS CLINTON/YELTSIN SUMMIT ends in Helsinki, agree to disagree over Nato expansion (Nancy Marshall. Feature Story) APPLE GROWERS in Hawkes Bay facing anxious few days as they wait to find out ffect of latest hail storm on crops. Live i/v with Hawkes Bay growers' chair Phil Allison. RUGBY - HONG KONG SEVENS - Fiji champions in tournament that saw NZ defeated in semi finals. (Adam Hollingworth)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS CYCLONE JUSTIN - North Queensland preparing for another battering as cyclone re-forms, crosses coast near Cairns causing heavy damage, flooding, and at least 2 deaths. Live i/v with Wayne Coutts, Queensland State Emergency Centre, Cairns. MOUNTAIN BIKES - national tour concludes at weekend with 6th and final race held in forests and hills north of AK. (Kent Caddick) TOBACCO COMPANIES - David Collins, lawyer acting for more than 50 NZers seeking damages says he'll help govt in any legal action it's planning. He's i/ved live. SEX ATTACKS - police warn people about popular "lovers' lanes" in AK after 2 attacks over weekend. Woman gang raped at One Tree Hill and yougn couple beate and woman indecently assaulted at Bastion Point. Police believe incidents related. Live i/v with Det Sgt Steve Breach. SOLAR TEMPLE CULT - 5 people found dead in Quebec in mysterious blaze at house owned by cult involved in string of grisly suicides and murders. Live i/v with CBC reporter Mike Finnerty.