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0640 Report from our Mana News team
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0650 Business and financial news. David Jones
0700 NEWS RAIL STRIKE - up to 40,000 commuters trying to get to work as rail workers strike over employment contract. (Stephen Hewson); Alexia Russell reports live on the traffic situation in AK; Leigh-Anne Wiig reports live on traffic in WN. RAIL STRIKE - live i/v with Brian Cronin, assistant general secretary of combined Union of Railway Employees; live i/v with NZ Rail's spokesperson, Helen Morgan-Bandar. RAIL STRIKE - Inspector Albie Wilson reports live on traffic situation in WN. WANGANUI - occupiers of Moutoa gardens resigned to eviction by District Council. Some 300 protestors now camped in gardens with more expected to arrive before eviction deadline. Many of country's best-known activists lending support. Comment from iwi spokesperson Niko Tangaroa and Race Relations conciliator John Clarke. (Mark Crysell) WANGANUI - govt re-states hands off approach to dispute, but insists it's showing leadership in handling of i. Comment from Māori Affairs minister John Luxton and MP Nick Smith. (Kathryn Street) BOSNIA - NZrmy says it took high level negotiation team to free NZ soldier, Lance Cpl Jim Henderson, who drove vehicle involved in accident which killed 2 children. Live i/v with officer commanding NZ contingent, Major Lofty Hayward.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS PM JIM BOLGER meets senators and congress leaders in Washington today, has already met Republican senator Richard Lugar. Agenda included Bosnia and push by some in senate to lift arms embargo. Live i/v with Political editor Karen Fisher. SOCIAL WELFARE - Labour MP George Hawkins angry about thousands of dollars spent on overseas travel for youngsters being cared for by Children and Young Person's Service. NZ First's Tau Henare appalled at plans by Whangarei Income Support office to spend $12,000 sending 2 staff to Texas. (Marie Hosking) AK REGIONAL SERVICES TRUST - latest financial figures show things looking up for trust. Alliance-led body says it's proof it's no-asset-sales policy is working. Comment from Trust chair Bruce Jesson and former Trust councillor Bob Tilsley. (Clare Pasley) PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES
0800 NEWS/WEATHER RAIL STRIKE - WN traffic update from Leigh-Anne Wiig. TOURISM - govt target of 3 million tourists by 2000 criticised by Queenstown Council, which says policy is responsible for boom in short-stay visitors. Live i/v with Councillor Barry Lawrence who says visitors being whisked in and out of town in less than 48 hours, with much of that time taken up by travelling to Milford Sound. EXPLOSION in Timaru house after chemicals used for fumigation ignited. Live i/v with Fire Safety officer Tony Smith. MURDER VICTIMS families to be given half million dollars a year for counselling, distributed through Victim Support. News greeted cautiously by victims' families. Comment from Perry Sole and Nancy O'Reilly of Friends and Families of Murder Victims, and Bevan Smith, father of murdered teenager Kylie. (Corinne Ambler) MāORI LANDOWNERS in WN say cabinet decision to return perpetual leases on 3 central city properties should give heart to other land claimants. Comment from Treaty Negotiations minister Doug Graham and Wellington Tenths Trust chair Dr Ngatata Love. (Corinne Ambler) FISHING ROW - Spain files case against Canada at International Court of Justice. Ottawa correspondent Julie van Dusen says dispute flared again when Canadian authorities cut nets of Spanish boat during weekend. She's i/ved live. REGIONAL NEWS
0830 NEWS/SPORTS COLIN McCAHON oil painting, "Let Be Let Be" painted in 1959, sells in AK for $712,000, highest price ever for a McCahon. Live i/v with art consultant and former National Art Gallery director Luit Beiringer. PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT - CH police receive at least 20 calls from people saying they've seen escaped, unstable patient Jason Davey. Davey being held in Sunnyside Hospital under Criminal Justice Act and should not be approached. Live i/v with Snr Sgt Dick Pettit. TOBACCO - 1995 may be last year tobacco crops commercially harvested in Motueka and Tobacco Growers' Fedn has enlisted local historian Pat O'Shea to gather information, photographs and film footage of industry's more than 70 years' history. She's i/ved live. COMMENT ACADEMY AWARDS again reveal Hollywood's soft spot for portrayals of the "differently abled", with success of "Forrest Gump"; live i/v with Los Angeles correspondent Kirsty McIvor about the Oscars ceremony.