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0700 NEWS INDEFINITE SUSPENSION of 14 Cambridge High School students for using marijuana concerns Commissioner for Children. Laurie O'Reilly says he's investigating reports that hundreds of students have been suspended from the school over the illegible for drug offences. Live i/v with Mr O'Reilly and School Trustees Assn president Mark Farnsworth. BOMB EXPLOSION - Iran denies any involvement in bomb explosion in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 Americans. Unknown group "Legion of the martyr Abdullah al-Huzaifi" claims responsibility. US Defence Commander T McCreary tells reporters what happened. (BBC); live i/v with correspondent Robert Berger IRELAND's leading crime reporter, Veronica Guerin, shot dead in car by gunmen suspected of being agents of Dublin underworld. Live i/v with correspondent Mark O'Connell. RESERVE BANK releases latest monetary policy statement today, setting out position on interest rates and exchange rate. Comment from ManFed chief exec Simon Arnold and Ord Minnett economist Rodney Dickens. (Bronwen Evans) EUROSOCCER - semifinal between England and Germany. LIve i/v with correspondent Keith Chalkley. NETBALL - Australia defeats Silver Ferns in 2nd test by 58 to 39, winning the 3 test series. I/v with former NZ captain Waimarama Taumanau.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS HOUSING NEW ZEALAND - tenants in West AK still don't know where they stand despite govt admissions that planned rise in some Housing NZ rents is breach of illegible. Rent increases of up to 25% planned for next month for 40 households which Housing NZ now leases from private sector landlords. Comment from Housing minister Murray McCully, Labour's Housing spokesperson Paul Swain, and solo parent Leanne Caughey. (Helen Materson) PROSTITUTION - WN police believe periodic detention sentence given to couple guilty of running a brothel and living off earnings of prostitution confirms policy of regarding prostitution as low priority matter. Live i/v with head of WN District CIB, Insp Quentin Doig. TARANAKI CLAIM - farmers on perpetual leases under claim pressing on with campaign for compensation from govt. Comment from farmers Ian and Lynette Diack and Maurice Hey. (Clare Pasley) MATERNITY SERVICES - with less than week before introduction of RHAs' new regime, GPs call for scheme to be put on hold until agreement reached between practtioners and health authorities. Live i/v with RHAs' spokesperson Sam Denny and GPs Assn head Dr Clive Stone. FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER RESERVE BANK monetary policy statement. I/v with Economics correspondent Bronwen Evans. BOMB EXPLOSION -attack in Saudi Arabia strikes at heart of strategic US military presence in Middle East and puts terrorism back on international political agenda. Live i/v with Dr Michael Hudson, Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown Univ., Washington. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES SUSPENSIONS - Children's Commissioner suggest govt inquiry into indefinite suspensions from Cambridge High School relating to cannabis use. Live i/v with Education minister Wyatt Creech; Education Review Office says investigation showed Cambridge High School did have proper procedures in place for dealing with suspensions and was following them properly. NATURAL MONOPOLIES - govt ruling out for now any programme to force natural monopolies to be more competitive, says existing regulations enough to ensure competitive practices are maintained. Natural monopolies include airports, wharves, electricity cables, phone lines, where companies use only service available. Live i/v with Communications minister Maurice Williamson and chair of Major users of Monopolies group, Terence Currie.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS CENSORSHIP - Office of Film and Literature Classification bans issue of "New Truth" and its supplement "TV Extra", first time newspaper banned under Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act and could lead to substantial fine. Complaint made by Society for the Promotion of Community Standards and illegible to part of the classification act which rules that six specific illegible related acts are objectionable and if any publication is ruled to promote, support or tend to promote and support them they'll be banned. Comment from Society president David Hutchinson, "Truth" editor Hedley Mortlock, deputy President of the Film and Literature Board of Review Bill Hastings, and Bill Hodge, Associate Professor Auckland University law faculty. (Sarah Holden) SECONDARY TEACHERS - AK's Western Springs College closed because of "break away" strike action. About 40 teachers will march to National Party's AK HQ to protest latest pay offer. Action goes against PPTA directive. Comment from teacher Martin Henry, PPTA president Martin Cooney, Jackie Aitken, Petronella Townsend. (Lisa Owen) SECONDARY TEACHERS - dispute concerns group of CH students who say their education suffers each time teachers strike. 6th and 7th formers stage protest outside Hillmorton High School. LIve i/v with leader Melissa Dick. CRITICS - should performers accept their verdicts? Actor Elizabeth Easther fights back, refuses to offer free tickets to new show, says standard of reviewing in NZ doesn't help theatre and her play doesn't need reviews for publicity. She's i/ved live, with critic Raybon Kan. COMMENT FRUIT AND VEG REPORT with Jack Forsythe.