0600 NEWS/SPORTS/WEATHER
0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: PAPUA NEW GUINEA - TIDA WAVE - NZer Murray Green, manager of Aitape Catholic Diocese, says locals desperately need help, says there are only a few huts left standing on 20 km strip of coastline where once 6,000 people lived. (Karlum Lattimore
0620 RURAL NEWS FLOODS - Waimana residents in eastern Bat of Plenty waiting to hear what help govt will offer to help them recover from flood devastation. Helicopter used to sow grass seed over about 300 ha of silt-covered pasture, but clean-up co-ordinator Dave Clark says that's just start of pasture and land restoration work that will be needed: worst hit Waimana farmers, Werner Hauser, sees river rip away much of his land. (Kevin Ikin) FLOODS - Waikato Fed Farmers planning meeting of flood affected farmers in region to help them make long-term decisions. Land expected to remain flooded for weeks, causing serious problems for farmers as they head into calving. (Andrew McRae) FLOODS - Waikato River falling at steadyrate of about 3 cms an hour but still running too high to allow inundated farmland along lower reaches to begin draining. Mercer farmer Ashley Thomas, who has third of his land under water, expects it will be best part of month before farm is clear again. (Kevin Ikin) WOOL RESEARCH - WRONZ awarded one of only 2 global licences to market revolutionary and cost-cutting yarn spinning process, believes technology will have major impat on production and competitiveness of wool fabrics, compared with synthetics. (Catherine Harris)
0625 SPORTS STORY RUGBY - Springboks arrive in NZ today after narrow 14-13 win over Wallabies. Live i/v with commentator John McBeth.
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0636 NEWS STORY: HENARE DUMPED - NZ First's 5 Māori seat MPs announce they'll stick with the party but leader Winston Peters says talk of reconciliation doesn't go far enough to mend fences and he still intends to lay down the law about party discipline at Tuesday's caucus meeting. Comment also from MP Peter Brown and party exec member Faye Dunstan. (Stephen Harris)
0639 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS MāORI WOMEN - UN confeernce questions govt about social and economic disparities for Māori women. FISHERIES COMMISSION FEES - chief exec of Te Ohu Kaimoana defends level of fees paid to commissioners.
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: BRIERLEY INVESTMENTS - board meets today and tomorrow for review of report into position since boardroom purge 2 months ago. This meeting will decide where company wants to be and where it wants to go. (Gyles Beckford) PHONE CALL PRICES - TELECOM on offensive with some aggressive cuts to international call prices, at time of strengthening competition in NZ for international toll business. (Gyles Beckford) FINANCE/MARKETS WEEK AHEAD CURRENCY - signs that turbulence that drove kiwi dollar below US 49 cents may be over and some stability returning. David Plank, Bankers Trust, warns shadows of Asian crisis, Japanese yen and world commodity prices are never far away. (Gyles Beckford) NZ SAUVIGNON BLANC widely acknowledged as world's best and is to lead move into Britain where exports now worth tens of millions of dollars a year. British wine importer Patrick McGrath of Hatch Mansfield Agencies convinced best is yet to come. (Gyles Beckford) MILLENIUM - commercial landlords warned they may be in breach of maintenance obligations where building services fail to cope with millenium date. Comment from John Meads, of Kensington Swan, (Janice Aplin)
0700 INTRO/NEWS PAPUA NEW GUINEA - TIDAL WAVE - rescuers and relief workers still finding survivors and bodies after 3 tidal waves killed more than 1,000 people from Aitape, Several thousand villagers missing or badly injured. I/v with Murray Green, NZer at Aitape Catholic Diocese. (Karlum Lattimore); i/v with John Moypu at Catholic Mission, which is helping to treat wounded at nearby hospital. (Mng Rpt) HENARE DUMPED - NZ First leader Winston Peters says he'll demand pledge of illegible from all party MPs to party's principles and rules even though Tau Henare has already expressed support of Māori MPs. Mr Peters i/ved live; discussion with Political editor Al Morrison and Māori Issues correspondent Chris Wikaira. PAPUA NEW GUINEA - TIDAL WAVE - i/v with NZ Foreign Affairs minister Don McKinnon about response to PNG crisis.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE PAPUA NEW GUINEA - TIDAL WAVES - emergency services struggling to cope with aftermath of tidal waves which are feared to have killed more than 2,000 people. I/v with Murray Green, Aitape Catholic Mission, re latest death toll. (Mng Rpt) FLOODS - situation in WAIMANA Valley, eastern Bay of Plenty. (Stephanie Baird); live i/v David Clark, volunteer co-ordinator of Waimana clean-up; WAIKATO - heavy rain forecast hampers plans to start releasing water from Lake Waikare, Live i/v with Adm Munroe, duty flood control officer for Environment Waikato. MONDAY OZ SPOT - i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. (death of singer Marc illegible Pauline Hanson; rugby)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER PAPUA NEW GUINEA - TIDAL WAVE - 7 villages destroyed. Live i/v with NZ High Commissioner Nigel Moore. HENARE DUMPED - PM Jenny Shipley makes it clear no splinter or any other group will hijack coalition led mainly by National Party - i/ved live; demands by NZ First leader Winston Peters for loyalty pledges from MPs may test strength of party bonds. 2 MPs already have offered only conditional support - live i/v with one of them, Neil Kirton. JUNIOR DOCTORS STRIKE - Healthcare Otago hoping to resume talks with striking doctors as they begin 4th day of industrial action. Live i/v with general manager of Support Services, Donovan Weary. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS BAD BLOOD - Aaron Davies, who contracted Hepatitis C through receiving contaminated, unscreened blood, vows to continue fight for compensation despite offer from govt of $20,000 for those who contracted disease from unscreened blood after August 1990. Offer means only 24 of 200 people seeking damages are entitled to the compensation. Aaron Davies says offer is joke - i/ved. (Mng Rpt)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS GOLF - nail-biting finish to British Open, won by American Mark O'Meara. I/v with correspondent Nigel Bidmead. POLICE COPRRUPTION - long-awaited report into police handling of corruption charges against 4 officers and former officer in Gisborne due out this week after several delays. Vine Report, by District Court judge Russell Callender, widely believed to be critical of police investigation and decision to charge the men. Live i/v with reporter Heugh Chappell. COURT SECURITY - Courts minister Wyatt Creech want safety in courts investigated following incident in which woman was stabbed to death in foyer of Palmerston North courthouse. Chief Family Court judge Patrick Mahoney agrees to look at way of improving security - i/ved live. U.S. - TEXAS HEATWAVE - Dallas baking in temperatures over 38 degrees, months since significant rain. In Texas and states further west, 108 people have died including 43 illegal Mexican immigrants who were trapped in railway box cars near border. (Judy Lessing) ANIMAL CHIROPRACTIC - Greymouth chiropractor Stefan Riederer, bringing relief to injured piglets, performance impaired prize bulls and grumpy cats. (Kim Knight) SOUTH AFRICA - MANDELA WEDDING - President Nelson Mandela celebrates his 80th birthday by marrying Graca Machel. Live i/v with correspondent Carolyn Dempster.