Subject: RNZI PRESS RELEASE
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 13:32:59 +1200
RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL
TE REO IRIRANGI O AOTEAROA, O TE MOANA-NUI-A-KIWA
P O Box 123, Wellington, New Zealand
Phone: (64 4) 4741 437  Facsimile (64 4) 4741 433
E-mail address: <mailto:info@xxxxxxxx>info@xxxxxxxx
Web Address: <http://www.rnzi.com>www.rnzi.com
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Radio New Zealand International is going to be on air for 24 hours 
with a new extended news and current affairs service from the 
beginning of September.
A new daily regional current affairs programme called Dateline 
Pacific will be broadcast at 0800 hrs UTC  [2000 NZST] Monday to 
Friday.
Dateline Pacific will provide a daily round-up of the very latest 
news from the Pacific with interviews and features with all the 
region's newsmakers. It will draw on the work of RNZI staff and 20 
Pacific journalists based in the region.
An updated version of the programme will run in RNZI's Pacific 
Breakfast  Show and it will be rebroadcast at different times to 
give our audiences around the Pacific in different times zones a 
chance to listen in.
Dateline Pacific  will also be available to listen to or download 
from the RNZI web site - <http://www.rnzi.com>www.rnzi.com
The Bulletin service is also being extended with extra hourly 
Pacific News at 0100, 1100, 1300, and  1500 UTC.
During our extended hours of broadcasting, Radio New Zealand 
International will run a mix of 
RNZI-originated material  and the best of New Zealand's National Radio.
All this from 1 September, 2003  RNZI on the air 24 hours a day.
Dateline Pacific  will play at these times on Short-wave to the 
Pacific and also the Internet -:
0308, 0808, 1108, 1308, 1508 , 1815, 2015, 2215 UTC
Pacific News Bulletins can be heard at these times:
0100,  0300,  0800, 1100, 1300,  1500, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200 UTC
On Short-wave and the Internet the  Forces Radio Programmes will 
play at additional times as well, 
Saturdays at 1100, 1500,  and 1900 UTC, Sundays at 1100 and 1500 UTC.
Adrian Sainsbury
Technical  Manager
Radio New Zealand International
P O Box 123
Wellington
Web:  <http://www.rnzi.com>www.rnzi.com