Network News broadcast.
NZ soldiers will not be leaving their base in Iraq despite suicide bombs near their base in Basra.Paul Bremer (US Administrator in Iraq); Anthony Howie (Kiwi Contingent - speaking from Basra); Helen Clark (PM - Labour).
A massive car bomb blast has killed five people in Saudi Arabia.
Three Malaysians have been sentenced to prison for people-smuggling in a landmark court case for NZ. Glenn Marshall (Crown Prosecutor); John Marston (Immigration Service); Justice David McKegg (Sentencing Judge); Stuart Smith (Marlborough Winegrowers).
The man who blew the whistle on Israel's secret nuclear arsenal 18 years ago has been enjoying his first day out of prison. Mordechai Vanunu (Nuclear Whistleblower); Tommy Lapid (Israeli Justice Minister).
A backlog in the courts system means some drunk drivers are getting off their charges because it is taking too long to get the case into the courts. Tony Ryall (National MP); Rick Barker (Courts Minister); Robin Brown (Criminal bar Association President).
Protestors set off on a hikoi to Parliament from Cape Reinga this morning in protest at the Government's seabed and foreshore legislation. They are following in the footsteps of Dame Whina Cooper who led the Māori land march. Titewhai Harawira (Land Rights Activist); Sauna Murray (March Patron); Margaret Mutu (Ngāti Kahu Chair); Cyril Chapman (Flag Bearer); Hone Harawira (Land Rights Activist).