Morning report. 1996-03-15

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0600 News/Sport
0615 Good Morning "Rural" NZ : See Rural Report Rundown
0630 News/Weather/Māori News
0640 Report from our Mana News team
0645 Pacific Regional News : Ex RNZ International
0650 Business and financial news. David Jones
0700 NEWS FIRE SERVICE - internal Labour Dept recommends Service be prosecuted following serious road accident last year in which 4 firefighters were injured on way to blaze. Report critical of management controls. Fire Service declines to comment but Firefighters' Union secretary Derek Best says it echoes complaints union has made for some time. He's i/ved live. illegible PETROL - pressure mounting on govt and oil companies to take decisive action on future of high-octane petrol. Comment from Peter Hazel of Caltex abd Stu Rooney, Fire Service. (Anita Lee); live i/v with Maxine Francis, Commerce Ministry. IMMIGRATION - govt and its associates weighing in against NZ First leader Winston Peters' views but Labour backing his call for debate on current policies. Comment from Conservative Party leader Trevor Rogers, cabinet minister Doug Graham and Labour MP Phil Goff. (Janice Rodenburg)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS SCOTLAND - Secretary of State speaks in House of Commons about Dunblane massacre. Live i/v with correspondent Wayne Brittenden. STUART WILSON to be sentenced today, found guilty last month on 22 charges relating to rape and violence against women and children. Blenheim people would rather it hadn't happened in their community. (Allanah Kalafatelis) GANGS - are police doing everything possible to deal with them? Former Southland Police district commander Don Mowatt calls for tougher laws but Police HQ Supt Neville Matthews says present laws are strong enough to deal with gang problems. Live i/v with both. ECONOMY - main overseas income earners - ManFed, Federated Farmers, Forest illegible Assn, and Tourist Industry Assn - tell politicians not to stray from illegible economic direction. Comment from Graham Robertson, Fed Farmers, Ken Shirley of Forest Owners' Assn. (Janice Rodenburg) KIWI DOLLAR concerning exporters this morning, making further gains against overseas currencies. Live i/v with Business presenter David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER SCOTLAND - Dunblane School closed to public, police standing guard over growing pile of flowers, toys and tributes to dead children. Live i/v with Donald Morton, "Stirling Observer". ABORTION Supervisory Committee says doctors willing to carry out abortions being harassed and wants all doctors to be made certifying consultants unless they object, to avoid the stigma. Main anti-abortion groups say they don't condone harassment tactics. Comment from Drs Pippa Mackay and Carol Shand, and SPUC president Jenny Street. (Kiri Coughlan) WATER - residents of Oreti in Southland given no guarantees about when water might become safe to drink at meeting with health and council officials. Live i/v with resident Russell White. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES CHATHAM ISLANDS only airline to discover today if it can resume operations following 2 week grounding. Live i/v with Civil Aviation director Kevin Ward. SPACE - scientists meeting in Toledo, Spain, believe life outside our solar system could be discovered within next 25 years. I/v with Mike Kaplan, director of NASA's Origins programme. (Mng Rpt)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS PRIVACY law specialist John Edwards has serious reservations about handling of case involving private letter ruled objectionable by Office of Film and Literature Classification. Customs Dept seized letter from home of Wairarapa man Fred Fink, details published in Office's latest report. Comment from John Edwards and censor Katherine Patterson. (Mark Henderson) 40 HOUR FAMINE - estimated 150,000 people, mainly school children begin fast tonight for World Vision annual fundraiser. Much of money raised this year will go to children in Chechnya and Bosnia. Live i/v with World Vision's Bruce McConchie, just back from Bosnia. NELSON/MARLBOROUGH region's economy outshining rest of country in latest National Bank survey of regional performance. (Stephen Hewson) CHILLI SAUCE - Kaitaia man Gary Somerville wins award for his Waha Wera sauce in this year's Fiery Foods challenge in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He's i/ved live. COMMENT FIRE SERVICE chief exec Maurie Cummings responds to criticism in Labour Dept report and comments by union secretary Derek Best. OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes about week's events across the Tasman.