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0700 NEWS TAX CUTS take effect from today. Govt says cuts will help working families on low to middle incomes but some critics say they'l benefit the rich. Comment from economists Paul Dalzell, who says more than one third of the gains will go to the top 20 percent of households, and NZIER's Diane Cook. (Bronwen Evans); comment from Alliance leader Jim Anderton, and Labour's Finance spokesperson Michael Cullen; live i/v with PM Jim Bolger. LEGISLATIVE CHANGES across wide band take effect today. Changes to maternity services come into force today with doctors not ruling out charging women who become pregnant from now on; Department of Survey and Land Information splits, with some 2-hundred job losses expected; asset test exemption given to residents in geriatric hospitals in 1993 runs out today, with govt undecided on whether to extend it; changes to the Domestic Violence Act come into force; day also marks start of a treaty allowing for almost regulation-free trade in food between Australia and New Zealand; and today the price of alcohol is going up. Comment from Hospitality Assn chief exec Bruce Robertson. (Peter Fowler) BLIZZARD CONDITIONS in parts of Otago and Southland with snow closing northern illegible out of DN and part of State Highway 1/ Live i/v with Met Service forecaster Bob Lake. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - new laws in force today, described by Justice minister Doug Graham as "landmark social legislation". (q). Comment from criminal lawyer Marie Dhyrberg, Insp Rob Veal, and Martina, Whare Manaaki spokesperson. (Andi Brotherston); live i/v with Family Court judge Patrick Mahoney re implications of Act for court. EUROSOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP - final pits Germany against Czech Republic. Score currently 1-0 to Czechs. Live report from correspondent Keith Chalkley.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS EUTHANASIA - Northern Territory's law comes into force today but even supporters of Rights of the Terminally Ill Act aren't confident any assisted suicides will occur in near futute. Court challege against legislation starts today. Live i/v with ABC reporter Paul Cullen. SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS - call for review of system after case of 14 students at Cambridge High School. Comment from Ross Boyd, Education ministry, DN children's lawyer Jim Large and Otago Law School assoc professor Mark Henaghan. (Marguerite Fahy); live i/v with Education minister Wyatt Creech. SECONDARY TEACHERS - PPTA talking to State Services Commission again tomorrow although president Martin Cooney not optimistic about settlement; live i/v with Education minister Wyatt Creech. MATERNITY SERVICES - RHAs going ahead today with implementation of new system despite failing to get support from professional bodies representing maternity service professionals. Live i/v with spokesperson Sam Denny; Medical Assn says if changes not made to new regime, doctors may cease providing maternity services for most women. Deputy chair Dr Anton Wiles comments. (Peter Fowler) FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER EUROSOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP won by Germany by 1 goal in extra time. Germany 2, Czech Republic 1. Live i/v with correspondent Keith Chalkley. TAX CUTS - where will the extra money in the pocket go? Live i/v with NZIER director Dr John Yeabsley. BLIZZARD - Met Service says icy southerly air flow should most of South Island by end of day with cold temperatures reaching as far north as AK. Live i/v with reporter Mark Henderson in DN. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES TAXES ON BEER AND SPIRITS go up today. Hospitality Assn chief exec Bruce Robertson says govt's discretionary powers meant it could have held back on the latest rise. He's i/ved live. HONG KONG - China takes over a year from today. Belinda Caminada assesses the mood in the territory. illegible OZ SPOT - how serious is Federal govt's attempts to overturn Northern Territory euthanasia legislation? I/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS G 7 SUMMIT ends in Lyons. Has it justified criticism that its' just expensive media circus or did it achieve something? I/v with correspondent Lynne Terry. DOGS - new law for owners comes into force today. Dog Control Act means police now have power to seize dogs they believe are in bad environments and to disqualify certain people from owning dogs. Live i/v with SPCA chief inspector Steve Layton. SOVEREIGNTY issue provkes lively discussion at 31st annual Foreign Policy School at Otago Univ. Live i/v with reporter Mark Henderson. COSMOPOLITAN CLUB - Gisborne club's 90 year old rule, stating that any woman who crossed threshold had to be accompanied by club member at all times, overturned. Male club members voted 4 to 1 in favour of admitting women. Live i/v with president Ray Mitchell. COMMENT IRELAND - funeral of journalist Veronica Guerin, gunned down by hitmen last week. Death galvanises govt to prepare crackdown on drug barons who ordered her illegible. Live i/v with correspondent Mark O'Connell.