0600 NEWS/SPORTS/WEATHER
0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: LEADERSHIP - PM Jim Bolger announces he'll step down at end of month as National Party leader, having learned he did not have enough support to survive leadership challenge. Successor almost certain to be Jenny Shipley. Comment also from Christine Fletcher and Winston Peters. (Clare Sziranyi)
0621 RURAL NEWS
0626 SPORTS STORY: illegible CUP - 4 NZ-trained horses in field of 22. Horse trainer Frank Ritchie i/ved live about the line-up.
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0636 NEWS STORY: RESIGNATION - National MP Marie Hasler i/ved about changes she's hoping for under new party leadership. (Mng Rpt)
0642 MANA NEWS
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: LEADERSHIP - finance markets not rattled by resignation of PM Jim Bolger and likely succession of Jenny Shipley. Bancorp director Peter Cavanagh says domestic politics don't seem particularly important considering world sharemarket volatility. (Bronwen Evans) LEADERSHIP - Finance minister Bill Birch says business community should interpret process for leadership change as signal of economic stability. (q). (Al Morrison) SKELLERUP GROUP and major shareholder Maine Investments ask investors for no action to be taken to recove money until it's able to meet them and explain situation. Issue raised after Levene's fall into receivership, which was against trust conditions. (Gyles Beckford) FINANCE/MARKETS DAIRY BOARD - Fed Farmers discussion paper suggest farmer or private investors be invited to put up capital to expand Board's marketing development. Comment from Bancorp director Peter Cavanagh. (Rodney Joyce) MONEY MACHINES - ATMs no longer dispensing only cash overseas, but also cncert tickets, discount vouchers etc. I/v with Lisa O'Keefe, NCR. (Rodney Joyce) MERCEDES trying to limit damage to image after recalling new car that rolled when being test driven. Comment from Prof Garyl Reece, Cardiff Business School's motoring research institute. BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS LEADERSHIP - PM Jim Bolger issues resignation announcement, climax to dramatic day in politics as rumours of leadership coup by cabinet minister Jenny Shipley surfaced. Mixed public reaction to news; live i/v with Political editor Al Morrison; resignation a milestone for Finance minister Bill Birch who entered Parliament with Mr Bolger in 1972 - i/ved live. LEADERSHIP - NZ First leader Winston Peters declines i/v; fellow NZ First cabinet member Tuariki Delamere i/ved live; Alliance leader Jim Anderton raises constitutional concerns, says all NZ First members must ratify any leadership challenge otherwide coalition agreement is null and void - i/ved live.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS LEADERSHIP - reaction from AK streets. (Todd Niall) FINANCE UPDATE LEADERSHIP - Labour leader Helen Clark not surprised by news and doesn't believe it will raise coalition's flagging fortunes. Was this challenge less bloody than her take-over from Mike Moore? - i/ved. (Mng Rpt); ACT leader Richard Prebble says Jenny Shipley in good position to rebuild National support and ACT will support govt led by her. He's i/ved live. illegible ISLANDS - CYCLONE - national emergency declared following Cyclone Martin's devastation of Manihiki. 3 people dead and 20 missing. Live i/v with Barbara Dreaver, "Cook Islands Press"; NZ relatives of missing people concerned not enough being done to try and find them. Live i/v with AK woman Lisa Louisa Vaetoru, whose brother and nephew are missing. MELBOURNE CUP - more than just a horse race. (Stephen Hewson) LEADERSHIP - NZ First MP Neil Kirton says National Party's leadership change is ominous sign for his party - i/ved live; WN reaction to news. (Caitlin Cherry)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER LEADERSHIP - live i/v with Jim Bolger's Taranaki-King Country electorate chair, Shane Ardern; what does leadership change mean for National Party and country? Live i/v with party historian Barry Gustafson and leftwing political commentator and "NZ Political Review" editor Chris Trotter; DN reaction. (Graham McKerracher) INTERNATIONAL PAPERS ROAD TOLL - AK Regional Council chair Phil Warren says latest road toll figures reinforce need for more money to be spent on roads in north. More than 100 people have already died on AK roads this year of 85 last year. (Andrea Rush) BENDON UNDERWEAR factory closing in Whangarei with loss of 86 jobs, but its other 2 factoris in Waikto staying in operation for now. Bendon Hickory chief exec Hugo Venter says govt policy of tariff reductions has caused firm to relocate to Asia - i/ved. (Mng Rpt) IRAQ - UN halts arms inspection programme after Iraq bans American UN staff from process. UN sending mission to Iraq to try to resolve crisis. NZ personnel directly involved in arms inspection process. (Eric Frykberg)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS MELBOURNE CUP - live discussion on the horses, form, winner, atmosphere, interest and the weather, with Charlotte Gendall in WN and Greg Dyett in illegible. COOK ISLANDS - AK woman Louisa Vaetoru calling for RNZAF to mount search for her brother and nephew and others missing on Manihiki, says she's been told by Cooks deputy PM that any further searches will be up to locals. Live i/v with Brian Mason, PM's office in Rarotonga, who's assisting disaster management team. SKELLERUP GROUP wants to meet creditors to explain financial situation after collapse of Levene subsidiary into receivership, says rest of group is still sound. Live i/v with Business editor Gyles Beckford. FRANCE - TRUCKIES paralyse transport network in protests over stalled wage talks. Live i/v with correspondent Daniel Tillis. LEADERSHIP - montage of clips from Jim Bolger over 7 years as PM.