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0640 Report from our Mana News team
0645 Pacific Regional News : Ex RNZ International
0650 Business and financial news. David Jones
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0700 NEWS TEMPLETON CENTRE - CH health officials try in vain to explain to angry parents decision to close centre, home to more than 400 intellectually disabled residents. (Jocelyn Darling); live i/vs with Southern RHA chair Stan Rodger and parent spokesperson Alison Adams. POISONED PROFESSOR - live i/v with court reporter Merle Nowland about first day of trial of Dr Vicky Calder who's pleaded not guilty to charge of attempted murder of Prof David Lloyd. BOSNIA - UN officials say peace initiative could collapse if Bosnian govt and Croat forces continue push towards northern Serb stronghold of Banja Luka. City becoming flooded with refugees and Bosnian Foreign minister Muhammed Sacirbey says his govt wants it brought fully under govt control. (BBC) TELECOM/BELLSOUTH - High Court in WN tells Telecom to hand over information to BellSouth, which claims Telecom obtained confidential scripts for its ad featuring Walter Little North Harbour rugby team watching NSW opponents waltzing around field. Comment from BellSouth's Kiran Chaganlal. (Gay Cavill)
0730 NEWS/SPORTS UNICEF report on State of Pacific Children says while more children in region now survive to adulthood, their health, education and employment chances are declining. Live i/v with Dr Jacki Badcock, co-author of report. HONG KONG- pro-democracy camp narrowly fails to gain majority in final elections before hand-over to China in 1997. I/v with Frank Ching, "Far Eastern Economic Review" correspondent. TAKAHUE - Māori protestors in small Northland town served with eviction notice to leave land they've occupied for past 6 months. Protestors claim local school is rightfully theirs and declare it sovereign state. Comment from Takahue Community Trust chair Jim Rickit, and protestors' spokesman Bill Perry. (Paula Penfold) PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES
0800 NEWS/WEATHER HUI - PM Jim Bolger says "no" to calls for Māori sovereignty from hui called by Sir Hepi Te Heu Heu, says govt has made it clear there will be only one parliament and single body of law. Labour leader Helen Clark says govt still hasn't realised how insulting fiscal envelope proposal is to Māori; live i/vs with Eastern Māori MP Peter Tapsell, NZ First leader Winston Peters, and Alliance deputy leader Sandra Lee. LANDSLIP - Earthquake Commission to pay maximum possible compensation to 3 Greymouth home-owners forced out of homes by slip which left houses teetering on edge of 30 metre cliff. Commission decided stablising remaining land would cost too much. (Trish Sherson); live i/v with Lance Dickson, Earthquake Commission. SOUTH AFRICA RAPE VICTIM - family looking after NZ woman and her friends who were kidnapped and raped say she's in good spirits. Bridget Bland says the 24 year old has had psychiatric treatment and full medical examination - i/ved live. FLUORIDATION - Northern RHA may try to stop North Shore's planned referendum on fluoridation of water supply from going ahead next month. Comment from RHA finance manager Greg Keay, North Shore councillor Tim Leach, and Tony Barker, chair of works and traffic committee. (Lydia Monin)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS SPORTS VIOLENCE - administrators trying to remove violence from playng fields but it appears to be flaring up around the sidelines. Comment from WN Rugby League chair Keith Paenga and Hillary Commission spokesman John Boyd. (Ann Marie Cresswell); live i/v with Dr Steve Jackson, Otago Univ phys. ed. academic who has some suggestion for dealing with problem. BRITAIN - tough new regime announced for young offenders, includes firm discipline, long hours and physical exercise, based on US scheme. (Keith Chalkley) COMMENT FRANCE offers increased foreign aid to Pacific region in wake of criticism of nuclear testing programme. Live i/v with Paris correspondent Lynne Terry.