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Pickets surround the Clyde Dam site in Central Otago. The picket is being manned by striking workers employed by a private contractor and is described by unions as a stand off.
A three man Commission of Inquiry was named today to look at ways of improving industrial relations on the Marsden Point oil refinery expansion site. Speaker: Geoffrey Palmer (Acting Prime Minister).
President Reagan met face to face with a Soviet Foreign Minister for the first time. Reagan has called for frank and open discussions with the Soviet Union in an effort to reduce each country’s stockpile of nuclear weapons.
Other Stories:
The Race Relations Conciliator, Hiwi Tauroa, believes less attention should be paid to brawls between street gangs in Auckland. During the weekend police made more than 40 arrests and seized weapons. Speaker: Hiwi Tauroa (Race Relations Conciliator).
Meanwhile the Police Minister Ann Hercus has supported the police action over the weekend in regards to the street gangs. Speaker: Ann Hercus (Minister of Social Welfare).
Hercus has also commented on the early release of convicted rapist Henare Dewes.
A dog caused the Canterbury Education Board to close a school for a day. A great dane has attacked and injured pupils at Redcliffs School and they were told to stay at home to protect their safety. Speakers: Nicola Kidd (Student), Bill Clinton (Principal), Steven Young (Owner).
A group of business leaders today launched a new scheme which they say will wipe out the dole. The business alliance hopes to find jobs and training for the unemployed. Their meeting is a direct result of the Economic Summit and has the backing of the Government. Speakers: Kerry Burke (Minister of Employment), Earl Richardson (Manufacturers’ Federation).
In Washington the International Monetary Fund has bowed to third world demands for a special meeting for countries that are heavily in debt. A report on how the focus of the organisation has changed since the 1970s.
Police in South Africa have arrested 500 blacks at the funeral of a black youth who died during recent protests over poor living standards.
In Australia police inquiries are under way following a bomb attack on a Sydney delicatessen.
New Zealand’s timber firms have been told they should co-operate in the export field even though they compete in the home market. Speaker: Peter Neilson (Under-secretary Trade and Industry).
The Feltex Company has withdrawn from a plan to log the Waitutu State Forest in Fiordland. The Maori owners are now looking for another partner in the venture. Speakers: Dr Alan Mark (Botanist), Dr David Bellamy (Botanist).
Tickets for a special Melbourne Cup sweepstake worth $750,000 go on sale on Monday.
The Coca-Cola company has been told to stop selling its new diet drink because it doesn’t comply with Health Department food regulations. Speakers: Dr Maxwell Collins (Director, Public Health), Ernie Newman (Pres Grocery Manu Assn).
Diplomatic immunity is the only thing saving an Iranian diplomat in London from prosecution over the slaughter of a sheep in a suburban street.
A thousand Dutch children today laid flowers on the graves of allied soldiers in Arnhem.
Sports News:
Lorraine Moller won the Paris marathon.
A South African golfer has won the richest prize in United States Golf.
American golf superstar Hale Irwin will be playing in New Zealand later this month.
America super-horse John Henry has won another race.