0600 NEWS/SPORTS/WEATHER
0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 Māori NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: ALLIANCE REVAMP - cool reception to signs of revamp to make Alliance more attractive coalition partner. Jim Anderton's speech to New Labour Party conference reveals shift in attitude and re-think of tax policy. Comment from Matt Robson, Jeanette Fitzsimons, and Labour's Mike Moore. (Kathryn Street)
0621 RURAL NEWS
0626 SPORTS STORY: RUGBY - All Black selectors must make some tough decisions this weekend at selection trials. Number of injury worries among some key players a concern. I/v with commentator Graeme Moody.
0630 NEWS
0636 NEWS STORY: CHINESE VICE PREMIER Zhu Rongji arrives in NZ. Visit is chance for NZ to get its views across to chief architect of China's economic liberalisation. (Stephen Harris)
0640 OVERSEAS NEWSPAPERS
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0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: SUPERANNUATION - Jeff Todd, head of retirement incomes policy reporting group, warns of possible impact of compulsory scheme on small business. (Bronwen Evans) CAR FRAUD - month long Customs exercise,, examining imported used Japanese cars for wound back odometers and under-valuation. (Karen Gregory-Hunt) FINANCE/MARKETS GOLDMINING - US company with NZers in control, Nevada Pacific Mining Co, has plans to be listed on US Stock Exchange. (Judy Lessing) EDUCATION COSTS - AMP produces set of tables to allow parents to calculate what it will cost to put their children through to tertiary education. (Gyles Beckford) FREE TRADE - idea of some agreement between NZ and US discussed by International Trade minister Lockwood Smith and US Trade representative Charlene Barchefsky. Coment from Professor of International Trade at Lincoln Univ, Ralph Lattimore, says any agreement should be between the two countries rather than widening CER or NAFTA. (Gyles Beckford) EFTPOS expected to be working normallay against after 2 separate faults affected terminals around country. (Gay Cavill) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS WEATHER - live i/v with MetService's Bob McDavitt about storm conditions in Hawkes Bay. PAPUA NEW GUINEA - CORRUPTION - Sir Julius Chan reclaims prime ministership during day of political confusion. Sir Julius says he and 2 senior ministers have been cleared by Commission of Inquiry of any corruption surrounding Sandline mercenary contract, also releases final report into affair. I/v with correspondent Peter Niese. (Eric Frykberg) ALLIANCE REVAMP - leader Jim Anderton signals fundamental shift in party's strategy and policies, says it will go into next election campaigning as coalition partner with Labour and promises to overhaul Alliance's controversial tax policies. He's i/ved live; live i/v with Labour's Finance spokesman Michael Cullen, who says Jim Anderton's speech indicates Alliance has abandoned ambition to lead the left in NZ. FRANCE - ELECTION - humiliating defeat for President Chirac. Centre right govt defeated and replaced by the left led by Lionel Jospin. I/v with correspondent Lynne Terry. (Mng Rpt) WEATHER - storm strands 117 people in Nuhaka Fire Station on North Island east coast, evacuated after floodwaters endanger homes, or travellers caught on road. Live i/v with senior fire-fighter Lynn Kane.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS FINANCE update with Gyles Beckford. WEATHER - cyclone which has caused damage in North Island expected to move out of weather picture today. Wairoa seems to have been worst hit area. District Council declares civil emergency due to roads being closed by slis and flooding. Live report from Gay Cavill. U.S. - OKLAHOMA BOMBING - Timothy McVeigh found guilty on all counts. Comment from Jim Denny, father of 2 survivors of the 1995 bomb blast. (CNN) HEALTH CARE - moves underway to bring integrated health care to another area. illegible afoot in Blenheim to unite hospital care and treatment by GPs. could be more dramatic than in Wanganui and spell end of region's CHE. (Eric Frykberg) CAR FRAUD - Customs officers begin examining hundreds of Japanese imported cares for evidence of possible fraud, amid claims of wide-spread undervaluing and doctoring of odometers by importers. Comment from Customs minister Neil Kirton, Customs spokesman Andy Anderton, and John Nicholls, Imported Licensed Motor Vehicle Dealers. (Karen Gregory-Hunt) OYSTERS - first full Bluff season in 5 years begins with 16 boats plying Foveaux Strait. Reporter Graeme McKerracher on board "Hirere" on opening day. MONDAY OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondents Phil Kafcaloudes. (possible saudi death sentence on 2 Englishwomen accused of murdering Australian nurse)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER OKLAHOMA BOMBING - jury finds Timothy McVeigh guilty on all counts. CNN reporter Tony Clark describes the Denver courtroom scene; live i/v with Karen Trinidad, Denver radio reporter. ALLIANCE REVAMP - live i/v with Political editor Karen Fisher re Jim Anderton's speech to New Labour Party over weekend. ROAD TOLL - official Queen's Birthday holiday period ends, with road toll at 5, half of last year's toll. Live i/v with Asst Police Commissioner Phil Wright. KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS - papers obtained under Official Information Act show govt's move to shift responsibility for negotiating pay rates was done against advice from State Services Commission. Comment from State Services minister Jenny Shipley and NZEI president Bill Noble. (Al Morrison) PAPUA NEW GUINEA - CORRUPTION - report by Inquiry Commissioner Justice Warwick Andrew released in controversial circumstances by Sir Julius Chan, hours after he reclaimed his old job. Report says there's no evidence of corruption against Sir Julius and 2 senior ministers who stood aside pending investigation's findings re mercenary controversy but criticises General Singirok's involvement with the contract and says his claim that he failed to speak out against it earlier for fear of dismissal was not credible. Live i/v with Prof Ted Wolfers, PNG expert, Wollongong Univ.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS HEALTH CARE - Blenheim Hospital and GPs proposing to work together in similar scheme to plan announced last week by Good Health Wanganui. Independent health economist Pim Borrin says it's part of worldwide trend of integration - i/ved live. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS FRANCE - ELECTION - President Chirac now forced to work with political foes. Live i/v with Yvan Fontenal, former BBC World Service Paris correspondent. U.S. - SEXUAL HARASSMENT - speculation about out of court settlement in Paula Jones' case against President Clinton, but settlement would lay President open to speculation he was guilty of sexual misconduct. Live i/v with correspondent Judy Lessing. WEATHER - latest situation in Wairoa. Live i/v with Mark Patterson, District Council.