0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: PRISON ESCAPERS - in Coromandel, police still hunting for 4 escapees from Paremoremo. 4 men broke into multi-million dollar house in Tairua belonging to Roger Flowers and left with 4 guns, 2 of which were later found on nearby beach. Rick Turner, friend of Mr Flowers, i/ved. (Mng Rpt)
0620 RURAL NEWS DROUGHT RELIEF - govt expected to announce extension this week, after considering application from Fed Farmers. (Catherine Harris) DAIRY COMPANIES - NZ Dairy Group and Kiwi say they'll be discussing with Dairy Board how it or its successor will fit into future structure for marketing dairy exports. Dairy Group and Kiwi planning joint venture to handle bulk of dairy exports once Dairy Board loses statutory export powers; Dairy Board chair Sir Dryden Spring expects other companies to join Dairy Group and Kiwi in export alliance; Mark Masters, chair of Dairy Farmers of NZ, predicts South illegible dairy Co-op will be keen to join 2 North Island ginats in export alliance, says dairy farmers welcome companies' commitment to single desk exporting and co-op system; Associate Agriculture minister John Luxton says he would be concerned if Dairy Group-Kiwi proposal to work together were to limit farmers' future options for processing and marketing their milk. (q). (Kevin Ikin) MāORI-OWNED FORESTS - representative begin trade mission to US and Canada. Māori interests own more than 450,000 ha of prime forest and Trade NZ's Tui Te Hau says mission is significate for them and industry in general. (Catherine Harris)
0625 SPORTS STORY SOCCER WORLD CUP - Germany and Yugoslavia draw 2 all, Argentina beats Jamaica 5-0. South Africa sends 2 players home. (BBC)
0629 NEWS STORY GREAT AMERICA THINK-OFF asks whether honesty is always best policy, won by Episcopalian priest who said it's okay sometimes to lie. "There are certain circumstances that require moral courage.....such as protecting a Jewish person in Nazi Germany". (AAP)
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0636 NEWS STORY: APEC TRADE MEETING - Trade minister Lockwood Smith begins meetings with APEC counterparts in Malaysia, efforts to lower trade barriers in 9 key areas will be high on agenda. Dr Smith i/ved re what he expects from meeting in middle of Asian economic crisis. (Stephen Harris)
0639 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS TAINUI TRUST BOARD accused of disenfranchising thousands of beneficiaries because of argument with Crown over legal costs.
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: ECONOMIC DATA - another big week for local finance markets with two significant pieces of economic data coming out - the current account and gross domestic product for March quarter. To look at the week ahead, the numbers and the implications for markets, live i/v with chief economist, Paul Stewart. FINANCE/MARKETS WEEK AHEAD CREDIT RATING - team from Moody's rating agency in NZ this week as it continues its review of New Zealand's credit rating. Treasurer Winston Peters expected to meet Moody's representatives on Thursday, where he's expected to emphasise the soundness of the economy's fundamentals. (Gyles Beckford) JAPAN RECESSION/US - with Japan officially in recession and United States leading the charge to rescue the floundering yen, questions are being asked where America's economic interest lies. Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics in New York, sorts through some of the conflicting trends for the advantage to the United States. AMP SHARES - NZ shareholders who sold their shares early through the company's special system will get just under $23 a share. Price worked out on base price of $Aust 16 a share and adding half average price increase from first week of trading in shares. AMP set up the system as a way of gathering shares to satisfy demand from big institutional investors, and other AMP shareholders wanting to top up their holdings. (AAP) STOCK EXCHANGE expects some delays in settling deals after record trading last week, due to AP debut, says processing the large number of transactions is taking some time and many of last week's deals have yet to be settled. (Gyles Beckford)
0700 INTRO/NEWS PRISON ESCAPERS - Coromandel town of Tairua remains sealed off as police search for escapers from Paremoremo, attention focussed on beach known as Sailor's illegible. Live i/v with Snr Sgt Gary Alcock. ECONOMY/ASIAN CRISIS - opposition parties call on govt to make fundamental shift in policy in response to crisis, amid mounting economic uncertainty in some of NZ's most important export markets. Comment from Trade minister Lockwood Smith, Alliance leader Jim Anderton, Treasurer Winston Peters, ACT leader Richard Prebble. (Stephen Harris); live i/v with Treasurer Winston Peters. AMUSEMENT PARK FIRE - arson emerging as possible cause of fire at Rainbow's End amusement park in Manukau City where a ride caught fire. Fire Service has reports of children on ride throwing burning material at plastic security shields. Live i/v with park's general manager Evan Wheeler. WORLD CUP SOCCER - French authorities stop about 1,000 Iranian fans from entering country on grounds they are threat to public order. Match between Iran and US is as much about politics as sport given countries' past clashes. I/v with correspondent Jim Bitteman.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE RUGBY - BAN - England player Danny Grewcock banned for 5 week following his illegible off in match against All Blacks for stomping on head of Anton Oliver. NZ player Ian Jones cleared of alleged stomp on England prop Graham Rowntree. Rulings come amid speculation that relationship between NZRFU and English counterpart has hit all-time low. Live i/v with All Black coach John Hart. RURAL BANKS - rural people worried that small town economies bearing brunt of banks' policy to close local branches. KPMG survey shows since 1994, number of branches has fallen by more than a quarter. (Helen Shea) ISRAEL - JERUSALEM BOUNDARY - angry reaction from US and Palestinians after cabinet ignores warnings and approves plan to extend city's boundaries. I/v with correspondent Robert Berger. (Mng Rpt) MONDAY OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. (Wik election issue; poll shows ONe Nation could take Labor leader Kim Beazley's seat; Pauline Hanson's favourite TV programmes)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER PRISON ESCAPERS - heat-seeking equipment helps police detect 5 people on Sailor's Grave beach. Four men escape but a woman detained. Live report from Andrew McRae near Tairua. JAPAN RECESSION - promises by Japanese govt to push ahead with reforms meets with scepticism from markets who are impatient for plan of action. Govt keen to save face after meeting with world's senior finance officials who have warned it to act quickly. I/v with correspondent Tony Boyd. (Mng Rpt) FINANCE MARKETS brace for another bumpy week. Live i/v with Economics correspondent Bronwen Evans re what's likely to be in store. PRISON ESCAPERS - live update on situation at Tairua with Snr Sgt Gary Alcock. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS RURAL DOCTORS - Southland town of Tuatapere loses its only full-time doctor. Rural GPs Network says it's only one of many towns to suffer this fate as rural doctors get increasingly bad deal from health funders. Live i/v with chair Dr Helen Kingston and Dwayne Crombie, Health Funding Authority's director of community services.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS AMUSEMENT PARK FIRE - Fire Service investigating whether arson caused fire at Rainbow's End in Manukau City. Live i/v with fire investigation officer David Noble. TUSSOCK MOTH - success or failure of $12 million pest eradication programme in AK's eastern suburbs should be known later today. Operation Evergreen, to rid area of white spotted tussock moth, ends after almost 2 years of aerial spraying and trapping. (Mary-Jane Aggett) 1080 ROW - more than 20 dogs killed by 1080 poison drop in Upper Hutt's Kaitoke and Mangaroa area. Owners demanding answers from WN Regional Council, saying illegible weren't told poison could kill their pets if they walked through area. (local vet backs council's efforts to inform people). (Caitlin Cherry) TENNIS - WIMBLEDON - wet weather threatened traditional fare of strawberries and cream but all is well. I/v with Paul Witteman, "Sports Illustrated", who's in London for the tournament, re his picks for Wimbledon winners. (Mng Rpt) STRESS of electronic age taking its toll. Psychologists say drives for greater efficiency, loss of personal touch and information overload all contributing to new phenomena such as road rage and feeling of disconnection. (Tania Oolders) ARMED MAN maybe somewhere on Napier-Taupo road bush. Police receive reports of truck driver being held up at gunpoint and forced to drive from Murapara to isolated area on highway. Live i/v with Snr Sgt Les Patterson.