Ask to use material, get more information or tell us about an item
0600 NEWS/WEATHER
0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 NEWS STORY EAST TIMOR - BORDER CLASH - Indonesian military says one of its policemen killed in border clash with INTERFET force, says force confused border post manned by Indonesian troops and police for militia post. (CNN) WORLD TRADE ORGN - MIKE MOORE completes first month as director general - i/ved. (Mng Rpt) RUGBY - NPC weekend matches - Wellington defeats Otago 36-16 at Athletic Park. I/v with Wellington's centre Jason O'Halloran.(Barry Guy)
0620 RURAL NEWS MEGA MERGER - directors of Dairy Group, Kiwi, and Northland agree on principles illegible share structure. Weekend meeting called after merger negotiations between illegible Group and Kiwi stalemated over share structure issue and threatened to hold up planning process. Establishment board chair Graham Calvert says details have yet to be fleshed out. (Kevin Ikin) ELECTION - RURAL HEALTH - LABOUR party releases policy, says it has stronger rural focus than govt's current one, promises to have minister responsible for rural health as well as a minister for rural affairs. Health spokesperson Annette King says Labour will also audit workload of over-burdened rural doctors and provide extra financial support for them to get locums. (Dian Leufkens) OTAGO DRY - NIWA scientists predicting areas of Otago that have just emerged from 2 years of drought can expect continuing dry conditions over next 20 years. Otago Regional Council arranging seminars to help better understanding of climatic conditions. (Graham McKerracher) WESTLAND SLIP - Westland District Council says early warning sytem will be put in place today at site of huge landslip which has blocked Poerua River, forming a dam. (Tama Muru)
0625 SPORTS STORY RUGBY WORLD CUP - ALL BLACKS seem to have found form after beating England illegible at Twickenham. Live i/v with correspondent John McBeth.
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0635 NEWS STORY AUSTRALIA - REPUBLIC - campaigning begins today on referendum. Promises to be hard-fought as two sides seem evenly matched. (BBC) INTERNATIONAL PAPERS MANA MāORI OBITUARY - Hana Te Hemara, one of the great fighters for Māori causes over past 30 years, dies. Tribute from Waihoroi Shortland and Donna Awatere-Huata. TRAFFIC REPORT
0648 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS WESTPACTRUST BANK'S NZ class share float falls short of initial expectation, sells only $650 million worth instead of $800 million banks was hoping to sell. I/v with chief exec Harry Price. (Gyles Beckford) COMMODITIES PRICES - ANZ Bank's latest survey shows last month's world prices for NZ's major export items fell on average by nearly 1%. Survey shows only fall in value of NZ dollar helping to soften impact of weaker world prices. (Gyles Beckford) FINANCE/MARKETS WEEK AHEAD SHORTLAND PROPERTIES - WN-based Capital Properties set to call bluff of rival bidder, Kiwi Income Property Trust. Capital's chief exec Nick Wevers says company willing to accept less than full ownership of Shortland. (Gyles Beckford) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS EAST TIMOR - BORDER CLASH - Indonesian military statement says INTERFET force confused border post manned by Indonesian troops and police for militia post in West Timor but INTERFET's local commander, Maj Dave Killcullen, says Indonesians fired first and his officers had not crossed border into West Timor; NZ TROOPS establishing security presence in Suai area. I/v with Brig Martyn Dunne. (Mng Rpt) DEFENCE ALLOWANCES - cabinet today expected to approve increase in daily allowances for NZ soldiers serving with in East Timor. NZers currently receiving about $34 a day in allowances, about quarter of what Australians receive. Live i/v with Political correspondent Stephen Harris, with comment from Defence minister Max Bradford and NZ First's Ron Mark. BRITAIN - TRAIN CRASGH - Railtrack, private company running rail network, to be stripped of role in overseeing passenger safety. Other Railtrack responsibilities could also be reviewed. Live i/v with Christine Stewart of BBC's Radio 5 at scene of crash where forensic scientists and police carrying out meticulous examination of crushed and burnt-out carriages and surrounding area. RUGBY WORLD CUP - ALL BLACKS look certain to top pool B after defeating England. Player manager David Howman, who represents 7 current All Blacks, says Jonah Lomu's performance will increase his value in dollar terms even further; have things come right for All Blacks? I/v with coach John Hart. (Mng Rpt); live i/v with Andrew Baldock, British Press Assn, re English reaction to game.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER NZ PAPERS TRAFFIC REPORT FINANCE UPDATE WESTLAND SLIP - early detection and warning system to be put in place this morning. Landslip damming Poerua River currently stable, some water escaping through natural spillway. Live i/v with Westland District Council's civil defence spokesperson Chris Elliot. MEXICO - FLOODS - DEATH TOLL climbs above 400, with hundreds of people illegible for. At least quarter million left homelss and almost 1.5 million living in what have become "danger zones". I/v with correspondent James Blears. KIWI RECOVERY TRIAL - DoC trialling new technique in effort to save dwindling kiwi population. Kiwi Recovery Programme will take chicks, incubated from eggs collected in wild and raised at AK Zoo, to Moturoa Island in Hauraki Gulf to see how they fare there. (Susan Murray) RUSSIA - CHECHNYA - Chechen officials say 32 civilians killed in overnight bomb attacks. Russian PM Vladimir Putin announces Russian troops intend to expand security zone they're setting up in north of Chechnya and says Moscow won't rule out advancing into capital Grozny if asked to by "real Chechens". I/v with correspondent James Rodgers. (Mng Rpt) ANTARCTIC EVACUATION MISSION - 2 ski-equipped cargo plans preparing to leave CH tomorrow in final stages of mission to evacuate Dr Gerry Nielsen, who's suffering from breast cancer, but planes may have to stay at McMurdo for several weeks until weather conditions allow flight to South Pole. Live i/v with Arthur Brown, National Science Fndn representative for US Antarctica programme.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER EAST TIMOR - REFUGEES - first groups of refugees able to leave and return to East Timor over weekend. Is UNHCR still having trouble getting access to camps in West Timor? I/v with Craig Sanders, UNHCR's emergency team leader.(Mng Rpt) MRSA SUPERBUG - health authorities concerned about 2 hospital outbreaks of antibiotic-resistance bacteria, at WN Hospital and CH hospital, where 2 patients who died last month found to have traces of another superbug - acinetobacter assinatobacter - on their blood. Communicable disease experts from Inst of Environmental and Scientific Research called to CH Hospital to investigate. Live i/v with Canterbury Health's medical advisor Dr George Downwood and Health ministry's acting director of Public Health, Dr Bob Boyd SEX OFFENDERS UNIT - 10 years since Kia Marama unit opened at CH's Rolleston prison. More than 500 men have completed programme and re-offending rate for child sex abuse has halved. (John MacDonald) INTERNATIONAL PAPERS MEGA MERGER - agreement reached on principles for share structure at all-weekend meeting organised by Dairy Industry Establishment Board and attended by directors of Dairy Group, Kiwi, and Northland dairy companies. Live i/v with chair of Establishment Board, Graham Calvert.
0830 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS WELLINGTON - ATHLETIC PARK - owners, Wellington Tenths Trust, considering residential development on multi-million dollar site. Yesterday's Wellington-Otago NPC game likely to be last at park before site returned to Trust. (Melanie Logan) CANTERBURY LANDFILL - debate raging over siting of vast new regional landfill between Canty Regional Council and Christchurch City Council, with calls for regional council to be abolished. Regional councillor Sir Kerry Burke claims local govt being "heavied" by multinational waste companies - he's i/ved live. CRICKET - NZ team reaches 119 for 3 in first test against India after bowling them out for 83. I/v with former NZ cricketer John Morrison. ELECTION - BANKS PENINSULA - GREEN PARTY co-leader Rod Donald decided against campaigning all-out to win seat but will concentrate on the party vote to try to ensure party gets the 5% of votes needed under MMP to gain any seats. He's i/ved live. AMERICAS CUP - Louis Vuitton challengers series starts week from today. Reporter Todd Niall looks at the challengers.