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0700 NEWS/WEATHER HOT SUMMER shaping up across much of country, with East Coast temperatures reaching 30+ degrees. Latest data confirms December was hot. (Lisa Owen) illegible - Marlborough and Canty still suffering most severely but effects being felt in Otago and Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay and Gisborne. Live i/vs with farmers Robert Anderson of Hawkes Bay, Ross Little of North Canty, and Brian Powell of Marlborough. FIRES - Fire Service has suggested house fires could be tackled by residents if they feel they can do so safely, but Firefighters' Union says that advice is dangerous and suggests "self reliance" message is part of wider strategy to justify cuts to resources. Live i/v with Union spokesperson Mike McEnaney.
BALLOONIST - US adventurer Steve Fossett on 6th day of 4th attempt to circumnavigate globe by balloon "Solo Spirit". I/v with Gerry Everding at Fossett's mission control in St Louis.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS FINANCE UPDATE MISSING COUPLE - police and yachties step up search for 17 year old Olivia Hope and 21 year old Benjamin Smart, who were last seen early on New Year's Day boarding unknown ketch near Endeavour Inlet, Marlborough Sounds. Live i/v with Olivia's father Gerald Hope.
ALGERIA - RECENT MASSACRE of estimate 412 people, reportedly worst in 6 years of carnage, brings to about 850 the number of civilians killed in less than 2 weeks. Govt and radical Islamic Salvation Front blame each other. I/v with correspondent Maurice Gent.
DROWNINGS - New Year begins with 4 in as many days. Drownings coincide with move to make swimming lesson compulsory in schools. I/v with exec director of Water Safeety Council, Alan Muir.
OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER ROAD TOLL - holiday toll 24 of 14 during 1996-97 Christmas holiday period. Police cite speed, alcohol, and failure to give way as major contributing factors. Live i/v with Asst Police Commissioner Phil Wright. illegible
COUPLE - families of Olivia Hope and Benjamin Smart suspect they've been victims of foul play. Live i/v with Mike Porter, co-ordinator of searc from Blenheim police station.
WEATHER - December stats show sunshine hours in north and east of South Island up 10%. Live i/v with Marc McNaught, Weather Workshop re what's in store for New Year and rest of Summer.
BRITAIN - STORMS battering southern Britain in most severe weather conditions in years as 108mph winds cross southern England, South Wales an East Anglia. Thousands of homes without power. (Keith Chalkley) INTERNATIONAL PAPERS SPORTS DRUGS - British sports stars using new proof of widespread steroid abuse by former East German athletes to fight for Olympic medals they believe were denied them. Former NZ Olympic athlete Les Mills says trying to relitigate past is ridiculous and sport must look instead to future and introduce more sophisticated means of drug testing. He's i/ved live.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS SCHOOL REUNION at Little River on Banks Peninsula celebrates 125 years of organised educations there. (Lauren McKenzie) WHITBREAD YACHT RACE on way from Sydney to AK. E F Language leads way out of Sydney Harbour and stays in lead. Merit Cup currently lying 7th. Live i/v with skipper Grant Dalton.
VISA DEPORT - AK man Ralph Opetaia, deported from Australia last week, doesn't believe he'll be able to return there for mother's funeral. Both Ralph and brother Earl Opetaia arrested at Sydney airport for not having visa because of previous convictions. Earl Opetaia permitted to stay in Australia to see dying mother. Live i/v with Ralph Opetaia.
TAR - soaring temperatures in Hawkes Bay melt tar on roads, sticking a number of trucks to surface. Live i/v with Sgt Nigel Hurley.
NEW YEAR -- what's in store internationally? Package from Feature Story correspondents Simon Marks, Dominic Waghorn, Laurie Neff and David McGuffin. US - LLAMAS - Montana sheep farmers using llamas to protect flocks from coyotes. (Judy Lessing)