ONE NEWS. 26/03/2008

News, sport and weather.

A TV1 Survey has found plummeting consumer confidence, and the Government has said that tax cuts will not be as high as many are hoping. Francesca Mold (Deputy Political Editor); Voxpop; Michael Cullen (Finance Minister); John Key (National Party Leader).

The Government is to provide money to clean up Okawa Bay in Rotorua. Helen Clark (Prime Minister); Rob Pitkethley (Eastern Fish and Game).

A Greenpeace protest that saw protesters climb onboard a coal ship has angered police who claim it went beyond peaceful protest. Inspector Andy McGregor (Christchurch Police); Jo McVeagh (Greenpeace); David Parker (Climate Change Minister); Jeanette Fitzsimons (Green Party Co-Leader).

A date for Democratic Elections in Fiji is still not clear, even after a meeting of Pacific leaders including Foreign Minister Winston Peters and the Australian Foreign Minister grilled a top Fijian military leader over the date. Barbara Dreaver (Pacific Issues Correspondent); Stephen Smith (Australian Foreign Affairs Minister); Russell Hunter (Deported Editor); Sam Abal (Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister).

At least 30 people have died in Basra, Iraq as fighting has raged between groups of gunmen.

US Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton has admitted exaggerating claims about a 1996 visit to Bosnia that did not match up with video footage of the trip. Hillary Clinton (Democratic Presidential Candidate); Paul Adams (BBC.