Morning report. 1996-06-17

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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 illegible Pacific Regional News : Ex RNZ International illegible Business and financial news. David Jones
0700 NEWS RUSSIA - voting in presidential elections sprea across 11 time zones, first results (from Far East) coming in. Live i/v with Moscow correspondent Tracy Sutherland. TARANAKI CLAIM - interim Waitangi Tribunal report describes "holocaust" of Taranaki history and denigration of its founding peoples, but several issues remain unclear - whether there can be full and final settlement, whether it can be contained within fiscal envelope, and issues of leasehold land and conservaton land. Federated Mountain Clubs president Hugh Barr concerned ownership of Mt Taranaki may be given to local iwi in part settlement, meaning Egmont National Park would be taken out of public ownership; live i/v with Treaty Negotiations minister Doug Graham. N.Z. GOLFER Frank Nobilo remains 2 shots from lead as U.S. Open resumes at Oakland Hills. Live report from Graham Agars. FLETCHER HOUSING mortgage troubles mounting. Group Action, representing customers who believe the paid too much for properties because of misleading valuation, says more claims will be filed this week and over next few weeks. illegible says nearly 400 people have phoned in wit complaints. Govt has ordered inquiry into mortgage guarantees provided to Fletchers and other developers by Housing Corpn. Comment from Labour's Housing spokesman Paul Swain and Jenny Burrell who bought her Fletcher home in 1990 for 147 thousand dollars - it sold for 60 thousand less in a mortgagee sale two and a half years later. (Bronwen Evans)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS. PEACE TALKS - heart of Manchester's commercial centre hit by bomb, suspected to have been planted by IRA. 200 people injured, some seriously. British Foreign Secretary suggests it could end Northern Ireland peace process, while Irish deputy PM says his govt will re-examine links with Sinn Fein. (Keith Chalkley); live i/v with Belfast correspondent David McKittrick. SECURITY GUARDS - decision by WN police to use private security guards to stand watch over crime scenes criticised by NZ First Party. Comment from leader Winston Peters and WN district police commander Gerry Cuneen. (Karlum Lattimore); Police Assn support use of security guards for gurading crime sites but is wary about practice of substitution spreading. Live i/v with president Greg O'Connor. SPORTS BETTING - TAB holding press conference to give details of new system. First big game will be Bledisloe Cup rugby test against Australia on 6 July. ve i/v with TAB chief exec George Hickton. FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER RUSSIA - exit poll of 10,000 people shows Boris Yeltsin ahead of communist challenger Gennady Zyugamov. Live i/v with AK Univ lecturer in Russian politics, Dr Reuben Azizian. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES MT RUAPEHU bursts into life again, with plumes of steam. Live i/v with vulcanologist Colin Wilson, based at Geological Research Centre at Wairakei. TELECOM services likely to be disrupted with nearly half staff out on strike over collective contract dispute. Both sides agree there should be no disruption to 111 emergency service. Comment from Telecom spokesman Andrew Trevelyan and union advocate Suze Wilson. (Adam Hollingworth) TARANAKI CLAIM - issue of leasehold land discussed live with Māori negotiator and research co-ordinator Peter Adds and Lin Williams, spokesman for farmers leasing Māori land. MONDAY OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. (PM Howard address pro-guns rally in Victoria, shows his courage)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS GOLF - more on Frank Nobilo's bid to win U.S. Open. Live report from Graham illegible illegible ELECTION being closely watched by NZ exporters. Comment from Fergus McLean of Tradenz, NZ Milk Products Moscow chief exec David Gillingham, and Russian ambassador Sergei Belyaev. (Corinne Ambler) IMMIGRATION - Alliance says debate so far has been based on political fiction conjured by NZ First, unveils its own policy, including establishment of bureau to gather population data needed to develop "rational" policies and set "realistic" immigration levels. Comment from Alliance candidates Pam Corkery and Matt Robson, and Anil Channa, president of NZ Overseas Doctors' Assn. (Lisa Owen) IMMIGRATION - around 50 policy-makers, community leaders and academics meet to discuss human rights, sovereignty and migration, including how Asian immigraton affects Māori sovereignty and human rights in NZ. Live i/v with organiser Chris Tremewan. COMMENT ELLA FITZGERALD dies at age of 78. Live i/v with Russ Garcia, ex-patriate American musician who worked with her. GERMANY - govt under increasing pressure to tone down welfare sector restructuring plans. More than 350,000 people gathered in Bonn over weekend to illegible against the measures, one of largest such gatherings ever in post-war Germany. Live i/v with correspondent John Walker.