1. GULF - America and Iran shoot it out in the Gulf. CARLUCCI..00:01:14. CONNIE LAWN LIVE...
2. JACK - member of Kuwaiti royal family on board hijacked plane, makes terrified plea for release of prisoners held in his country's jail..MARGOLIS..
3. GULF PRICES - Escalation of war pushes oil and gold prices higher..
4. HEPATITIS B - Health Dept responds angrily to suggestions that the vaccine could be contaminated with the AIDS virus.. ASHWORTH/GAISHAUSER..00:03:44.
5. HEADS & WEATHER
6. MOTHER RELEASE - police may be closing in on the abductor of the Christchurch teenager....we talk to the abductor's mother..WARD/WATSON..00:03:03.
7. PSYCHIATRIC - chairman of the Auckland Hospital Bd says NZ's beenn taking the wrong approach to potentially aggressive psychiatric patients..RUTTER/KINGSTON..00:03:46.
8. ISRALLI ADMISSION - Military officials in Israel confirm allegations that Israeli forces carried out the murder of the top POLO official. BUTT..00:01:25.
9. HELEN CLARK - Royal Forest and Bird Society pleased that no deer breeding programmes will be implemented by Conservation Dept..CLARK/BARILEY..00:01:34.
10. NEWS/SPORT
11. FRIGATE DEAL - Australian Defence Minister says Oz is willing to "sweeten the pot" to ensure NZ sticks with the ANZAC frigate programme. DOBELL..00:01:48. REX JONES - Sec of NZ Metalworkers Union is agraid NZ indutry may miss the boat..JONES/SHARLAND..00:01:51.
12. MISSING - findings of missing papers saga to be released today... PEREIRA..00:01:11.
13. HEADS & PAPERS
14. GULF - LONDON LIVE..DR HEINO KOPIETZ..00:04:12.
15. GIBBS - criticism of report continues..MALCOLM/GAISHAUSER..00:02:52.
16. SUNDAY TRADING - debate hotting up..KILLICK..00:01:53.