1Racing Industry Tomorrow is Melbourne Cup day, a day when all of Australia and much of New Zealand stops work to watch a horse race. There is over $1 million at stake. New Zealand has built up an enviable record in the Melbourne Cup with New Zealand bred or trained horses. A look at the enormous impact horse racing has on the lives of New Zealanders and the New Zealand economy. Over 3000 people are employed full time in the racing industry, plus thousands more work on a part time basis. It is a multi-million dollar industry that is undergoing changes as rationalisation exercises take place. Discussion and viewer feedback with Mary Mountier, Radio New Zealand's racing commentator.

2Thanks to negotiations by the Archbishop of Canterbury's Special Envoy Terry Waite, American hostage David Jacobsen, held in Lebanon for the past seventeen months, has been freed by Islamic Jihad and more kidnap victims may be released in the coming days.

3The Sinn Fein has decided to abandon its long-standing boycott of the Irish Parliament, and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) has said it will support any Sinn Fein candidates standing for the Irish Parliament.

4A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

5Racing Industry Tomorrow is Melbourne Cup day, a day when all of Australia and much of New Zealand stops work to watch a horse race. There is over $1 million at stake. New Zealand has built up an enviable record in the Melbourne Cup with New Zealand bred or trained horses. A look at the enormous impact horse racing has on the lives of New Zealanders and the New Zealand economy. Over 3000 people are employed full time in the racing industry, plus thousands more work on a part time basis. It is a multi-million dollar industry that is undergoing changes as rationalisation exercises take place. Discussion and viewer feedback with Mary Mountier, Radio New Zealand's racing commentator.

6A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

7Racing Industry Tomorrow is Melbourne Cup day, a day when all of Australia and much of New Zealand stops work to watch a horse race. There is over $1 million at stake. New Zealand has built up an enviable record in the Melbourne Cup with New Zealand bred or trained horses. A look at the enormous impact horse racing has on the lives of New Zealanders and the New Zealand economy. Over 3000 people are employed full time in the racing industry, plus thousands more work on a part time basis. It is a multi-million dollar industry that is undergoing changes as rationalisation exercises take place. Discussion and viewer feedback with Mary Mountier, Radio New Zealand's racing commentator.