0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE board resolves to resist any attempts by Education ministry to remove 8 classrooms it says college no longer needs. Principal Bruce Devine says he's prepared to pitch tent in grounds over Summer to prevent their removal. Comment also from ministry's Northland property manager Les Camage. (Gael Woods)
0621 RURAL NEWS
0626 SPORTS STORY: EUROPEAN SPORTS - live i/v with correspondent John Daniell. (Davis Cup tennis; rugby)
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0636 NEWS STORY: illegible TOWERS - Telecommunications Industry Orgn calls on govt to set public's mind at rest over safety of cellphone transmitter sites. (Janice Aplin)
0639 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: COMMODITY PRICES - strong improvement in world prices for some dairy products help lift ANZ Bank's commodity price index for October but was offset to some extent by falls or steady prices for logs, wool, beef and aluminium. (Gyles Beckford) UNION REPRESENTATION of private sector workers drops to less than half, according to Labour Dept survey, public sector coverage also dropping. (Rodney Joyce) FINANCE/MARKETS TAX/PROFITS - High Court rules against Inland Revenue Dept in old case involving tax treatment of profits made by insurance company on sale of business, goes back to 1988 when National Insurance sold 30% stake in Southpac Investments to co-shareholder National Bank. Live i/v with tax commentator John Shewan. illegible BRIEFS ECONOMY RANKING - conservative US Heritage Fndn ranks NZ among world's 9 freest economies, Hong Kong top of list. (AAP)
0700 INTRO/NEWS RAURIMU MASSACRE CASE - trial starts today in Hamilton of Stephen Lawrence Anderson, charged with 6 counts of murder and 4 of attempted murder carried out February 8. Defence likely to plead innocent on grounds of insanity. Live i/v with reporter Eileen Cameron; Raurimu residents quietly putting lives back together. Live i/v with Ruapehu District mayor Weston Kirton. MPs TRIPS - National MPs warned not to apply for tax-payer funded overseas trips for personal reasons. Letters circulating from MPs Bob Simcock and Murray McLean who wanted trips for personal reasons. Live i/v with National's Chief Whip John Carter; live i/v with ACT MP Rodney Hide, who says letters are latest example of gravy train that MPs are riding. NATIONAL PARTY DEPUTY LEADERSHIP expected to be discussed at caucus this morning. Widely expected that Wyatt Creech will replace Don McKinnon as deputy. Comment from Roger Maxwell, Belinda Vernon, and Junior Whip David Carter. (Stephen Harris). STEPHANE GRAPPELLI, jazz violinist, dies in Paris aged 89. Live i/v with National Radio's jazz specialist Ray Harris.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE CELLPHONE TOWERS - telecommunications industry fears "small wave of anxiety over cell sites" could severely set back development, wants govt to allay public concerns about health risks. Live i/v with Peter Stiffe, chair of Telecommunication Industry Orgn and Ray Salter, manager of resource development directorate for Environment ministry. illegible HEALTH study released by Health ministry, deals with progess made towards targets for improved public health. Ministry says study gives marks of 7 out of 10 and says it will review some strategies for dealing with problems such as increasing youth suicide rates. Live i/v with Health correspondent Rae Lamb, with comments from Health Director-General Karen Poutasi, Public Health director Gillian Durham and Ian Powell, exec director of Assn of Salaried Medical Specialists. DROUGHT conditions on east coast of both islands beginning to take toll, with Marlborough most severely hit. (Catherine Harris); live i/v with Blenheim farmer John Leslie.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER RAURIMU MASSACRE TRIAL - massacre tore apart small Raurimu community and meant huge challenge for Victim Support, closely involved in helping family and friends of those killed or injured. Live i/v with chief exec Laureen Outtrim. NATIONAL PARTY DEPUTY LEADERSHIP - how does National backbench view likely promotion of Wyatt Creech? Live i/v with Gavin Herlihy. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS WINE/EL NINO offering potential bumper grape harvest. Canty's Giesen Wine Estate says grapes have flowered several weeks earlier than ususal in hot, dry conditions. Live i/v with Theo Giesen. INTERNET RACING - TeleTrak Australia says it's looking at 3 sites in Ashburton to build straight track for night horse racing that will only be viewed through Internet. (Caitlin Cherry); live i/v with John Hodgman, marketing director for TeleTrak Australia.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS CRICKET - NZ holds Australia to draw in 3rd test, with tail end batsmen Simon Doull and Shayne O'Connor defying odds. Live i/v with commentator Bryan Waddle. PAPUA NEW GUINEA - BRIBERY - govt to be asked to approve constitutionl changes to oust PM Bill Skate over incriminating videotapes. Live i/v with PNG expert illegible Ted Wolfers. RUGBY - RECRUITMENT - NZRFU doesn't believe moves by unions to recruit overseas players is indictment of game's development. WN union increasing search to find players for next NPC season and is looking to Australia because chief exec David White believes there's lack of talent on transfer list. (Stephen Hewson) BRITAIN - ELECTORAL SYSTEM - PM Tony Blair appoints commission to examine system, although he's already said he's not yet convinced proportional representation is best way. (Keith Chalkley) SWITZERLAND - HOLOCAUST GOLD - report released claiming Nazi Germany stole $146 million of gold from holocaust victims, 3 times as much as previously thought. Correspondent Owen Bennett-Jones says historians' report seems destined to embarrass Swiss govt further.