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0700 NEWS MELINDA LEE - lawyer for South Korean second mate of Pan Grace, which ran down the yacht last November, says there's not enough evidence to convict client. Judith Sleavin's husband and 2 children died while she was eventually washed up on Northland beach. Comment from Tony Martin, Maritime Safety Authority, lawyer Rok Sang Yung and Pan Ocean general manager Kay See Kang. (Stephen Hewson); AFP reporter in Seoul, NZer Kate Webb, says prosecution may not go ahead. (Mng Rpt) DIET PILL - Radio NZ News discovers Thermoblast pills, available through fitness gyms and health food shops, contain quantities of recreational drug. Medical Assn says only matter of time before someone dies. Comment from Assn chair Dennis Pezaro. (Andi Brotherston); live i/v with Dr Bob Boyd, Health ministry therapeutics manager. BSE - European Union's beef management committee says it will buy 50,000 tonnes of beef this month in move seen as effort to support beef price. Agriculture ministers so far fail to find way to deal with crisis. I/v with correspondent John Fraser. SOMALI REFUGEES - Mt Roskill police regularly past Somali family's home following several attacks which have terrified woman and children living there. (Karlum Lattimore); AK Refugee Coincil president Nagalingam Rasalingam says violent attacks against refugees are rare but refugees often more prone to distress after previous trauma. He's i/ved live.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS Māori ACTIVISTS - trial continues in Kaitaia of Mike Smith and Ken Mair for their roles in occupation of Takahue school. Lisa Owen reports live on the proceedings. FORESTRY - govt expected today to offer for sale Forestry Corpn's cutting rights. Māori cleared the way by supporting the sale in return for government assurances that their Treaty of Waitangi claims to the land the trees grow on will be quickly resolved. Comment from forest products analyst David Stanley, Te Arawa-Mataatua convenor Leith Comer, Chris Liddell of Carter Holt Harvey. (Maria Slade) CONSERVATION - move within govt backbench to give more power to minister in bid for more DoC funding. MP Chris Fletcher proposing establishment of small committee of govt MPs to look at ongoing funding needs. (Kathryn Street) UNITED NEW ZEALAND PARTY'S deputy leader Bruce Cliffe announces he's standing down from politics at next election for personal reasons.(q). Live i/v with party leader Clive Matthewson. FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER IMMIGRATION - Joint Public Questions Committee of Methodist and Presbyterian churches calls on govt to stop clouding immigration debate with references to racism, says real issues are lack of consultation with NZers and selection criteria for immigrants. Live i/v with co-convenor Rev Fletcher Thomas and Immigration minister Roger Maxwell. DIET PILL - manager of WN fitness centre, Rhys Zondaq, confirms Thermoblast 2 has been widely available through fitness centres. Thermoblast 2 contains ephedrine or speed. (Mng Rpt) PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES SEXUAL ABUSE - case of 24 year old woman having sex with 10 year old boy heard in Hamilton High Court, ends with Virginia Maraea Herbert being jailed for 4 years after admitting charge of sexual violation through unlawful sexual connection. (Glenda Wakeham); live i/v with Dr Juliet Broadmore, spokesperson for Doctors for Sexual Abuse Care.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS CALDER TRIAL - Crown's cross-examination of defence expert witness, biochemist Dr Morris Owen, continues. Dr Owen's evidence questioned quality of blood samples used in crucial Crown test. (Merle Nowland) illegible PETROL - 4 big oil companies send out compensation claim forms to 1,000 people who've had problems with new petrol and announce voluntary limitation of 2 aromatic components, toluene and xylene, to 40%. Live i/v with spokesperson Beppie Holm. ASTEROIDS - Council of Europe wants census made of several thousand asteroids orbiting close enough to Earth to wipe out human race if there's a collision. Live i/v with Alan Gilmore, Royal Astronomical Society, about risk of asteroid collisions. U.S. - stand-off between FBI agents and group of Montana "Free Men" enters second week. I/v with Frank Gentry, NBC reporter covering story. (Mng Rpt) COMMENT ITALY - impending general elections bring out fresh revelations of scandal and corruption. Lover of formerly high-flying lawyer claims he bribed judges to fix trials. Live i/v with correspondent Frances Kennedy.