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0700 NEWS FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT Francois Mitterand dies, aged 79. Political career spanned 50 years. Live i/v with correspondent Lynne Terry. CARGO PLANE CRASHES into crowded market in Zairean capital Kinshasa, at least 250 people confirmed killed. (BBC) TEACHERS - NZEI cautiously welcomes overseas teachers recruited for NZ schools. Education ministry recruiting teachers from Scotland and Australia to fill shortages. Comment from NZEI's Ros Noonan, East Tamaki primary school principal Stella McDonald, and Sheryl Wilson, Multiserve Education Trust. (Mark Crysell); live i/v with Ray Newport, School Trustees Assn general manager. PENSIONS - Income Support Service to help 39,000 British pensioners in NZ who'll be without their British pensions for up to 5 weeks later in year when British govt changes way they're paid. Comment from Income Support's Misti Williamson. (Peter Fowler); MP Michael Laws says British govt's new pension arrangements are ludicrous. He's i/ved live.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS ROAD TOLL - govt critical of demands for more money for roading to lower road toll. Duty minister Simon Upton and Alan Woodside, Land Transport Authority, illegible. (Anna Hughes); live i/v with Fred Bardon, president of Inst of Driving Instructors, about changes that could be made to driving test and licence system. WEATHER - Natl Inst of Water and Atmospheric Research releases climate summary for 1995, says NZ caught in conflicting air masses. Comment from climate scientist Jim Salinger. (Alexia Russell) UNITED STATES - worst blizzard in 70 years howls across eastern US, blocking roads and airports, blamed for at least 22 deaths. (Judy Lessing) CHINA - govt denies allegations in Human Rights Watch Asia report on its orphanages, arranges visit by foreign journalists to one orphanage named in report as place where children died from malnutrition and neglect. Live i/v with Sydney Jones, exec director of Human Rights Watch Asia.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER
PACIFIC ISLANDS - case of ex Samoan auditor-general Su'a Rimoni Ah Chong focusses attention on issue of govt corruption. Mr Ah Chong was suspended after publicly criticising "distrubing trends of dishonesty" in Samoan govt. "Island Business" editor Robert Keith-Reid, says dishonestry runs deep in most Pacific Islands govts. He's i/ved live. DISARMAMENT - head of US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, John Holum, who's been visiting NZ, warns govt much work needed if there's to be Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty this year. Disarmament minister Doug Graham comments on problems with China and India. (Jonathan Schwass) PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES TEACHERS - British recruitment agency TimePlan i/vs 80 Scottish teachers keen to work in NZ this year. I/v with managing director Tish Seabourne. (Mng Rpt) UNITED STATES - blizzard centre hits New York. Live i/v with correspondent Judy Lessing.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS GULF RESOURCES PACIFIC, NZ company, puts both ends of Britain on the market, expects to sell Land's End and John o'Groats for around $12 million. Live i/v with chief exec Peter Wall. GREECE - parliament expected to debate whether PM Andreas Papandreou, who's seriously ill, is fit to govern. Live i/v with correspondent louis Economopoulos. CHAINSAWS - Dr Clive Dalton, lecturer in Agriculture at Waikato Univ, wants chainsaws taken off farmers who are felling trees and leaving stock without shade and at increased risk of heat stroke. He's i/ved live. AMBULANCE SERVICE in AK so fed up with hoax callers it's considering legal action against 17 year old who's alleged to have made fake 111 call. Life support unit was delayed from attending genuine callout for 20 minutes while illegible call was checked out. Live i/v with Ian lauder, supt of operations for AK region. MORNING COMMENT