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0650 Business and financial news. David Jones illegible NEWS CONSTABLE/THOMPSON - did Terence Thompson have to die? Uncle Harry McGregor says police killed him in revenge for Constable Glenn McKibbin's death. Graeme Hunt, man who helped Constable McKibbin as he lay dying, says police shot the right man. NIGERIA holds first official meeting with Commonwealth since being suspended for human rights abuses. Live i/v with NZ Foreign Afffairs minister Don McKinnon, in London for the meeting. SECONDARY TEACHERS - compromise between PPTA and State Services Commission in protracted pay dispute looking doubtful, with PPTA saying teachers likely to want to hold out for better offer. Comment from president Martin Cooney, Julie Craig of SSC, and teachers Glenn Hutcheson, Kevin Edwards, Rowen Jeffrey. (Helen Matterson) CONSTABLE/THOMPSON - live i/v with police regional commander, Asst Commissioner Colin Wilson, re the shooting of Terence Thompson. ELECTION ADVERTISING - National and Labour attacked by minor parties for decisions on allocation of funding for campaign advertising. Comment from Alliance leader Jim Anderton, United leader Clive Matthewson, Labour MPs David illegible and Graham Kelly, and National MP Maurice Williamson. (Janice Rodenburg); how is ACT affected by the system? Live i/v with leader Richard Prebble.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS WHALING - annual meeting of International Whaling Commission being held in Aberdeen, with "scientific" killing by Japanese under discussion. I/v with NZ commissioner Jim McLay re whether killing of 400 whales can be called scientific. (Mng Rpt) TARANAKI CLAIM - northern Taranaki iwi say they're making good progess towards negotiations with Crown despite threat of legal action from one claimant. Waitangi Tribunal report has provoked emotional response in Taranaki. (Clare Pasley) GANGS - Parliamentary select committee chair Alec Neill suggests police be given greater powers to deal with gangs, wants them able to stop and search vehicles at will, and also wants definition of "intimidation" relaxed. Independent MP and former police officer Ross Meurant says existing laws adequate to deal with most gang-related activity, and politicians over-reacting in lead-up to election. They're both i/ved live. WINTER FLU - some employers trying to safeguard against too many staff sick days by offering free vaccinations at work. (Claire Silvester) FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER CONSTABLE/THOMPSON - live i/v with reporter Sally Wenley re how Hawkes Bay people have reacted to the case. NIGERIA - reports say political detainees beginning to be released, but officials deny timing orchestrated to help bid to rejoin Commonwealth. Live i/v with John Lunn, Amnesty International researcher in London. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES RUSSIA - President Yeltsin sacks 7 army genrals, all seen as close to former Defence minister Pavel Grachev, dismissed last week. I/v with correspondent Tracy Sutherland. NZ POST announces record profit again, $75.2 million, up 3.9% on last year. Rise occurs despite cutting delivery cost of standard letter and steady rise in level of computer mail. Live i/v with chief exec. Elmar Toime. DRUGS - Cambridge High School parents meet to discuss indefinite suspension of 14 students for smoking cannabis, believe school's ruling too harsh. Comment from Ross Boyd, Education ministry, and Peter Leggatt, principal. (Karlum Lattimore); live i/v with Kim Cronin, whose son one of those suspended.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS TOBACCO - new voluntary code in place from next week determining how tobacco companies can display prices of products in shops. Labour leader Helen Clark illegible in Parliament example of price notice - glossy poster about size of tabloid newspaper - and attacks govt for allowing tobacco companies to ignore intention of smoke-free legislation. Health minister Jenny Shipley responds; live i/v with Dr Boyd Swinburne, chair of Smokefree Coalition. WEYMOUTH CENTRE SCHOOL - closure date set. (Andrew Fleming) INDIA - floods caused by unseasonal monsoons kill 433 people and destroy 80,000 homes, threaten one of country's largest petroleum refineries in the north. I/v with correspondent Ranjan Gupta. INLAND REVENUE DEPT - many staff look set to return to picket lines following rejection of IRD's pay offer by PSA members. Separate union, Taxpro, has accepted offer. (Stephen Hewson) COMMENT OLYMPIC GAMES - as Atlanta gears up for next month's Games, survey reveals that 61% of Americans fear terrorist attack during them. Live i/v with "Atlanta Constitution" journalist Bert Roughton.