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0700 NEWS Parliament- tactical war between Labour and National over Maritime Transport Bill reaches boiling point with some MPs suggesting it could have precipitat snap election. Comment from deputy PM Don McKinnon. (Anastasia Harallambi) Parliament. - PM Bolger, in Australia, insists events in House of Reps re Maritime Transport Bill not a crisis but says Labour Party carrying out diri tricks. (Janice Rodenburg) Parliament - live i/v with Labour leader Helen Clark over party's tactics re Maritime Transport Bill. Parliament - live i/v with Canty Univ political scientist Prof Keith Jackson about constitutional significance of events in House of Reps. Amnesty International - A I cites NZ for first time in report as country who human rights abuses occur. NZ accused of ill-treatment in two prisons, Managaroa and Mt Crawford. (Karlum Lattimore) Amnesty International - live i/vs with Alan Miller. PSA, who's working on behalf of Mangaroa prison officers and Mike Smith, Mt Crawford prison office and union delegate, about the A I allegations. Good Health Wanganui - Wanganui health campaigner Mike Keeney calls for independent inquiry into biopsy scandal, says public must be reassured CHE illegible being managed properly. Comment also from chair of Wanganui branch of Medica Assn. Dr Elizabeth Williams. (Tracy Lyell) Good Health Wanganui - live i/v with Wanganui psychiatrist Dr Frank illegible about psychological effects of misdiagnosis. NEWS/WEATHER/SPORT Rugby - DN filling up as expected 40,000 strong crowd gathers for Saturday's test between All Blacks and Springboks. Police mounting special operation to cope with influx. Drunken students likely to make presence felt. (Karlum Lattimore) Rugby - live i/v with DN Police Insp Athol Soper, in charge of weekend operations. Games uniform - NZ Olympic and Commonwealth Games Assn decides traditional black singlet and shorts will be issued to every member of C'wealth Games to following public outcry. Live i/v with former athletics great, John Walker. Food tampering - staff at Three Guys supermarket in AK's Pt Chevalier spend night searching shelves after needles found pushed into goods. (Alexia Russell)
Coal - closing of Strongman coalmine on West Coast today signals end of chap in NZ coalmining history. (Kent Caddick) ASPAC/PAPERS
0800 NEWS/WEATHER Credit rating - i/v with Finance minister Bill Birch about limited pat on illegible from international credit rating agency Standard and Poors which has boosted NZ's outlook from stable to positive. AA minus rating remains same; live i/v with Labour's Finance spokesperson Michael Cullen. Immigration - criticism of new supplementary application form that must now completed by potential migrants. Form requires migrants to reveal if they've illegible belonged to racist or terrorist groups. Critics says it's knee-jerk reaction to recent controversy surrounding arrival of South African Dr Jan Smith. (Adam Gifford) Teachers - looming strike gets last opportunity today for settlement when St Services Commission meets NZEI for talks on pay. (Adam Hollingworth) Yemen - Northern Yemen officials declare victory in 2 month civil war with southern secessionists. Southern Yemeni leaders still refusing to end illegible Live i/v with BBC correspondent Stephen Sackur. Bolger - PM Bolger returns from Australia today after receiving widespread praise for NZ's economic direction at business luncheon in Melbourne. (Janice Rodenburg)
0825 REGIONAL/NEWS/SPORT Cricket - International Cricket Cl changes rule to allow two short-pitched balls (bouncers) per over instead of one. Live i/v with two of world's best cricketers of their time - NZ batsman John Wright and Australian bowler Jeff Thomson. Fortex - receiver Alan Isaacs applies to High Court to have company wound up opens way for creditors to sue company's directors. Britain - retired businessman John Hunt pays 40,000 pounds to title of "Lord the Manor of Worksop" which allows him to hold next monarch's arm during coronation ceremony. (AFPr read item) Seventies - fashion revival, with Village People group playing to packed audiences in NZ nearly 20 years after their hit records arrived in record shops. (Mark Torley) KIM HILL TRAILER COMMENT Correspondent's slot- live i/v with Australian correspondent Phil Kafcaloude about week's events across the Tasman.