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0700 NEWS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS' STRIKE - all main centre airports open but very quiet on second day of strike. Leigh-Anne Wiig reports live. SUPERANNUATION - many superannuitants unhappy with new multi-party agreement on surcharge rules despite it meaning $20-30 extra a week. Comment from illegible Anne Hill and Jim Delahunty, and Age Concern national director Jane Yoong. (Mark Crysell). SUPERANNUATION - opposition parties included in accord frustrated in efforts to wring bigger concessions from govt. Alliance deputy leader Sandra Lee says change is step in right direction, Labour's social security spokeswoman Annette Kingf says only minority of superannuitants affected by surcharge. (Anna Hughes); i/v with Social Welfare minister Peter Gresham. (Mng Rpt); live i/v with NZ First leader Winston Peters who's against the accord. TONY GUY TRIAL - final witness gives evidence this morning. (Gail Jefferies) BOSNIA - first of NATO's 60,000 peace-keeping troops arrive in Sarajevo. Live i/v with correspondent Alan Little.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS AUSTRALIA - series of gas explosions rock Sydney shopping centre. (Zandra Sharpe) AK CITY TRAFFIC and parking staff promise no repeat of chaos which hit city during yesterday's rush hour, caused by computer glitch. Live i/v with AK City traffic and parking services manager Steve Reddish. AIR NEW ZEALAND describes to Commerce Commission plans for "Chinese walls" around Ansett NZ so competition can be preserved. Comment from economist Mike Copeland and Gerald Coates, editor of "Aviation Report". (Bronwen Evans) illegible - High Court grants right-wing lobby group permission to challenge referendum result on divorce. I/v with Dublin correspondent Mark O'Connell. (Mng Rpt) LEISURE SURVEY by Research International shows NZers more sporty than Australians but teenagers prefer to sleep and watch TV more than Australian counterparts. Comment from John Boyd, Hillary Commission. (Lydia Monin) POLAR BEAR - AK Zoo loses remaining polar bear, Joachim, who's died aged 32 of heart condition. Mate Ingrid died last month. Bears will not be replaced. Live i/v with zoo director Laura Mumaw.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS' STRIKE - bus, train, ferry business booming as result. Comment from Alannah James of Mt Cook bus company, and Stephen Arnet, chair of Flower Exporters; Assn. (Kiri Coughlan); live i/v with Airways Corpn chief negotiator Ken McLean. Controllers declined invitation. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADS SRI LANKA - govt forces take control of Tamil Tiger stronghold of Jaffna, could be one of last chapters in protracted civil war. I/v with correspondent George Arney. (Mng Rpt) ALL BLACK COACH - decision on replacement for Laurie Mains expected tomorrow. Stephen Hewson looks at candidates. WOOL PRICES - falling prices costing farmers thousands of dollars. Those most affected are South Island high country farmers specialising in high quality fine wool. Live i/v with John Piriam, Alexandra farmer and chair of Merino New Zealand. REGIONAL WEATHER
0830 NEWS/SPORTS CORONER - WN CHE Capital Coast Health taking legal action following comments by coroner Erica Kremic re death of Archibald Broughton after being discharged from hospital. Comment from Mr Broughton's sister Kay kirby and Labour's Health spokeswoman Lianne Dalziel. (Cushla Managh) TAGGING - Waitakere shopkeepers recruited for city's war against tagging. Mayor Bob Harvey launches "responsible retailing" programme - he's i/ved live. BRITAIN - Tory MP David Ashby's libel case against "Sunday Times" for alleging he's homosexual turns into tragicomedy. (Wayne Brittenden) COMMENT AUSTRALIA - national inquiry into separation of Aboriginal children from families begins today in Hobart. Australian Human Rights Commission conducting inquiry which will consider compensation for families affected by practice during 1950-60s. Live i/v with reporter Ian Cutler. GREECE - medical fraternity squabbling over how illness of PM Andreas Papandreou should be reported, with suggestions official bulletins are concealing facts. Live' i/v with correspondent Louis Economopoulos. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS' STRIKE - update on airport situation. Leigh-Anne Wiig reports live.