0600 NEWS/SPORTS/WEATHER
0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 Māori NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: RUAPEHU - scientific report says potential catastrophe looming, twice as bad as 1953 Tangiwai disaster, sayss there's risk of mudflows and flooding from crater lake. Comment from consultant engineer Graham Hancox. (Mark Henderson)
0621 RURAL NEWS
0626 SPORTS STORY: GOLF - US OPEN - difficult greens at Congressional Country Club become more difficult to read, lengthy delays stretch patience and skills of world's best golfers. Live report from Graeme Agars.
0630 NEWS
0636 NEWS STORY: POWER PRICE - Energy minister Max Bradford stresses no decision made yet on whether South Island power companies will continue to get price differential that gives their customers cheaper electricity. Row has broken out over issue, with Transpower warning South Island power companies that arrangement will finish at end of month. Comment from Mr Bradford, Emco chief exec Lincoln Gould, MP Mike Moore, and Richard Johnson, Canty Regional Council chair. (Corinne Ambler)
0640 OVERSEAS NEWSPAPERS
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0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: WALL ST ends week with 5th consecutive record high. How does the sharemarket reflect real strength of US economy. Comment from Bob Bruscoe, Nikko Securities. NZ SHAREMARKET performing poorly but could be an opportunity for investors with "contrary" point of view. Don Turkington of Cavill White sharebrokers says illegible willing to take plunge may just come up trumps. (Gyles Beckford) FINANCE/MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS - giant Asian fair ends in Singapore, with 11 NZ companies faring well. Comment from Greg Thompson, CH-based CES Communications. (Gyles Beckford) AGEING BABY BOOMERS a guaranteed and growing market. Social trends specialist Jill Caldwell, CM Researcg, says new markets opening up while others are disappearing, as the boomer generation grows old. (Bronwen Evans)
0700 INTRO/NEWS POWER PRICE - MP Mike Moore calls for South Islands MPs to unite to fight to retain electricity subsidy. Subsidy due to end at end of month unless govt issues directive for it to continue. Live i/v with Mr Moore and Northpower chief exec John Ward, who opposes it. AK ARSONS - Fire Service investigating series of AK fires it believes may be linked, 2 at primary schools and 1 at tennis club. Live i/v with area fire hazard manager Ian Braggins. RUAPEHU - Conservation minister Nick Smith considering ways to stop potentially serious threat from Mt Ruapehu. Scientific report warns there could be a lahar, twice as being as that which caused 1953 Yangiwai disaster. Comment from Nick Smith, engineer Graham Hancox, and Tim Te HeuHeu. (Mark Henderson) MATERNITY SERVICES - doctors, midwives, and health funders again arguing over who should get what and when. Doctors told by Medical Assn to make careful choices over continuing to provide maternity care. Comment from Assn's Dr Anton Wiles, RHA's Sam Denny and midwives representative Karen Guilliland. (Eric Frykberg) CROATIA - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - incumbent Franjo Tudjman expected to win easy victory for 3rd term. (BBC)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS FINANCE UPDATE ISRAEL - CORRUPTION - High Court rejects petition demanding PM Netanyahu be indicted for fraud. Police had recommended he be charged with fraud and breach and trust in short-lived appointment of lawyer Roni Bar-On as attorney general last January. Live i/v with correspondent Robert Berger. WORKFARE - Employment minister Peter McCardle acknowledges NZ First's blueprint for getting unemployed to work for dole won't be implemented in budget, admits employment overhaul taking longer than expected. Comment also from NZ First leader Winston Peters, Labour's Steve Maharey, and Alf Kirk, head of a steering group to implement the policy. (Marie Hosking); live i/v with Peter McCardle. MONDAY OZ SPOT - live i/v with Phil Kafcaloudes. (politicians' expenses)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER POWER PRICE - Energy minister Max Bradford says no decision made yet about electricity subsidy for South Island. He's i/ved live. RUAPEHU - blockage at outlet of crater lake. Report says it must be cleared to prevent sudden release of some 1.5 million cubic metres of water. Live i/v with Conservation minister Nick Smith. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS RED MEAT - beef consumption up more than 11% for year ending in March, and people eating less chicken meat. (Jill Galloway) EMPLOYMENT LAW expert Phillipa Muir says Canty Univ will have to be very careful if it wants to sack Michael Carter, lecturer convicted for importing pornography, says employees have rights relating to how they spend their spare time although it could be argued Mr Carter's behviour has brought employer into disrepute. Phillipa Muir i/ved live. GOLF - live report from Graeme Agars, updating US Open.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS ALBATROSSES - ecologist Dr Wren Green urges govt to take international lead in reduction of accidental killings of albatrosses by long-line fishing vessels. illegible than 65 large seabirds, mostly albatrosses, unloaded in WN after drowning on hooks of tuna boat fishing off South Island's east coast. Wren Green i/ved live. U.S.- PAULA JONES sexual harassment case against President Clinton shaping up into America's dirtiest high profile legal battle in years. President bracing himself for possibility of other alleged sexual shenanigans being dragged through court. (Dominic Waghorn, Feature Story) PAPUA NEW GUINEA - ELECTION - voting begins peacefully but security forces on alert for possible violence. Live i/v with correspondent Sean Dorney. BRITAIN - CONSERVATIVE PARTY - second poll for leadership takes place tomorrow night, with 36 year old William Hague the front-runner. (Keith Chalkley) JAPAN - MURDER - gruesome killing of 11 year old boy in Kobe shocks Japan. Live i/v with correspondent Tanya Katterns.