0600 NEWS/SPORTS/WEATHER
0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 Māori NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: NICOTINE - study commissioned by Health ministry fnds nicotine levels in NZ-made cigarettes are twice those made in US and Canada. Tobacco Inst disputes testing method, saying NZ tobacco companies already measure nicotine from smoke of burning cigarette and get much lower figure. New stdy measured actual content of unburned tobacco. Comment from Associate Health minister Neil Kirton. (Mng Rpt)
0621 RURAL NEWS
0626 SPORTS STORY: AUSTRALIA - RUGBY - i/v with correspondent Tim Gable about ACT Brumbies upcoming Super 12 final. (Mng Rpt)
0630 NEWS
0636 NEWS STORY: FIJI - NZ Foreign minister Don McKinnon on 3 day visit to Fiji, with other NZX parliamentarians, says Fiji's constitutional review progessing well and NZ will endorse Fiji's re-entry to Commonwealth.(q). Live i/v with reporter Elma MaUa, who's travelling with the party.
0640 OVERSEAS NEWSPAPERS
0644 MANA NEWS:
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: BANK FEES - Prof Chris Moore, Massey Univ Banking Management Centre, says rising fees wll force customers to embrace electronic banking. From weekend, National Bank changing fee structure, increasing cost of basic cheque account by 75% to $3.50 a month, plus extra for every transaction. (Clare Sziranyi) EXPORTS - ANZ Bank's monthly look at commodity prices shows sharp slip while average world price for NZ exports is down 2.5%. (Gyles Beckford) FINANCE/MARKETS TAX - govt proposing to allow foreign investors to pay less tax on earnings from NZ companies. Discussion paper on "conduit tax" released, looking at relieving burden on certain income earned overseas by non-resident shareholders of NZ companies. Live i/v with tax commentator John Shewan, Coopers and Lybrand. AUSTRALIA - ANZ BANK breaks ranks with other main home lenders and cuts mortgage rate amid political and public pressure to pass on all of last week's official rate cut to customers. (Zandra Sharpe) FLETCHER CHALLENGE - reorganisation of FC's employee unit trust proves windfall for other shareholders. Company announces plans for shareholders in building, energy and paper stocks to get bonus issue. (Gyles Beckford) TELECOM - New York investment bankers Saloman Brothers downgrades rating for Telecom, syas slowdown in NZ econoy looks like being longer than anticipated and will delay Telecom's business while the company's costs are growing. (Gyles Beckford)
0700 INTRO/NEWS RAPE CASE - Kwazulu/Natal Attorney General Tim Mcnally disappointed judicial process not seen through in rape case against NZ rugby player Roger Randle. Charge has been withdrawn. Comment from NZRFU chief exec David Moffatt. (Gael Woods); live i/v with Durban correspondent David Stanley. ROADS - Transport ministry proposal to turn roading network into state-owned enterprise expected to lead to electronic tolls. Transport minister Jenny Shipley admits tolls would be likely. (q). Comment from Tom Lambie, Federated Farmers, Waitakere mayor Bon Harvey, and Roger Toleman, Transport ministry. (Bronwen Evans); live i/v with Roger Toleman. NICOTINE - Tobacco Inst describes testing method used in Health ministry survey of nicotine levels as "farcical in the extreme". Comment from Inst head Michael Thompson, Associate Health minister Neil Kirton, Boyd Swinburne of Cancer Society, and Trish Fraser, ASH. (Mark Henderson); live i/v with report authors Tony Blakely and Robert Symons.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS FINANCE update with Gyles Beckford. NATO/RUSSIA - Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton sign historic agreement clearing way for expansion of Nato alliance without developing new east-west tensions. President Yeltsin offers to disarm nuclear missiles currently aimed at Nato countries. I/v with Moscow correspondent James Coomarsami. (Mng Rpt) BANK FEES - Bankers' Assn says increasing fees on high cost banking services a well established tend in very competitive market place. National Bank latest to increase charges on cheque accounts and face-to-face banking. Comment from Consumers Inst's Peter Sutton, Bankers Assn's Simon Carlaw, and Cynthia Brophy, National Bank. (Marguerite Fahy); live i/v with Paul Goulter, Finsec secretary, and Andrew Dinsdale, KPMG. U.S. - LAWSUIT - Supreme Court rules Paula Jones' sexual lawsuit against President Clinton need not be deferred until he leaves office. President Clinton denies allegations relating to alleged incident in Arkansas hotel room 6 years ago. Live i/v with correspondent Martin Walker.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER ROADS - Transport minister Jenny Shipley says pilot project underway to see if tolls are workable on country's highways. (q). She's i/ved re why roading should not be regarded as a public good. (Mng Rpt); opposition parties voicing concern about environmental costing of roads, effect on public transport and future tax burdens if we are to borrow money for roads. Live i/v with Alliance transport spokesperson Jeanette Fitzsimons and Labour spokesperson Harry Dunhoven. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS NICOTINE - live i/v with Jim Burns, WD and HO Wills corporate affairs manager, about nicotine levels in NZ cigarettes. AUSTRALIA - ABORIGINES - Australian leaders mark 30th anniversary of landmark referendum on Aboriginal rights by making emotional apologies to indigenous people for past injustices. (Zandra Sharpe); live i/v with Australian Human Rights Commissioner Chris Sidoti.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS MURDER/KIDNAP CASE - AK detectives working on suspected kidnap and murder. Body of Graham Kirkwood found in Mangere on Saturday, and car licence plates found in Point Chevalier, although car is still missing. Police inquiries focus on those areas and on Ladies Mile where Mr Kirkwood lived. Glenda Wakeham reports live. SAUDIA ARABIA - 2 English nurses standing trial for murder of Australian nurse say they'll set up trust fund in her memory if reprieved, facing possibility of death sentence. Nurses say they're innocent and claim confessions made early in investigation were extracted under duress. Live i/v with Stephen Jakerby, "Fair Trials Abroad" watchdog group in London. ZAIRE - POLITICAL PARTIES and any political party activity banned by self-proclaimed president Laurent Kabila, following on from other authoritarian measures leading to feas that Kabila comes from same mould as Mobutu. Live i/v with Richard Hall, London-based magazine "African Analysis". YOUTH PARLIAMENT wraps up for year with 120 youth MPs proving much better behaved than their elders. Report from Kirstin Randerson, Radio NZ's youth parliamentary reporter. GERMANY - MARCUS WOLF, former head of East German spy network, found guilty of kidnapping during Cold War, given 2 year suspended sentence. I/v with correspondent Geoff Rodoreda. (Mng Rpt) MILLENIUM - huge array of events planned for Gisborne, first city in the work to see the sun, and for the Chatham Islands. London consultancy firm about to launch cycling tour to bring 2,000 overseas tourists to Gisborne, which could generate $10 million worth of business. (Heugh Chappell)