Morning report. 1996-07-09

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1996
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58907
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Year
1996
Reference
58907
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Categories
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio news programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
02:02:45
Credits
RNZ Collection
Hosking, Mike, Presenter
Robinson, Geoff, Presenter
Walley, Allan, Editor
Gibson, Martin, Producer
Byers, Anthony, Sports presenter
National Radio (N.Z.) (estab. 1986, closed 2007)

0600 News/Sport
0615 Good Morning "Rural" NZ : See Rural Report Rundown
0630 News/Weather/Māori News
0640 Report from our Mana News team
0645 Pacific Regional News : Ex RNZ International
0650 Business and financial news. David Jones
0700 NEWS WORLD COURT - International Court of Justice declares nuclear weapons illegal although could not decide whether to include self-defence in ruling. (NZ made submission in favour of declaring them illegal) Although 14 judges evenly illegible issue, majority of judges have come down strongly against legality of nuclear weapons. (Wayne Brittenden); Labour leader Helen Clark says ruling is hopeful; live i/v with PM Jim Bolger. GANGS - cabinet agrees on range of changes to police powers and powers of loca bodies in effort to toughen up on gang crime. Package greeted enthusiastically by Invercargill mayor David Harrington but lukewarm response from other quarters. Comment from Justice minister Doug Graham, United MP Peter Hilt, Police Assn president Greg O'Connor, and Mongrel Mob spokesperson Harry Tam. (Karlum Lattimore); live i/v with police Commissioner Peter Doone. MT RUAPEHU/AIRPORTS - air travellers facing another disrupted day as airlines struggle to clear backlog from cancelled flights. 8 airports closed in North Island because of volcanic ash, affecting more than 4,000 people. Live i/v with Air NZ public relations director David Beatson, and Ansett public relations manager John Cordrey. illegible NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS MENINGITIS - health professionals say prevalence of meningococcal meningitis among ethnic minorities and the poor one reason why rates so high in NZ, 10-15 times greater than in other developed countries such as US. Comment from Colin Tukuitonga, Community Health lecturer, Mangere GP Sero Fuotai, and Orewa practice nurse Maree Black, whose daughter died from disease last year. (Helen Matterson); i/v with Dr Keith Cartwright, director of public health laboratory at Britain's Gloucester Royal Hospital. (Mng Rpt) BURMA - year since opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi freed from arrest but ruling military body maintains grip on power, partly because of Asian neighbours' policy of "constructive engagement" which has led to investment in the country. I/v with correspondent Belinda Caminada about her impressions of Burma, internationally regarded as repressive regime. TRADE - Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement ato be signed today, further freeing up trade with Australia. Comment from Commerce minister John Luxton, and Australian High Commissioner Jeff Millar. (Stephen Parker) ISRAEL - PM Benjamin Netanyahu leaves for crucial meeting in Washington with President Clinton, but won't have improved relations by appointing hardline right-winger Ariel Sharon to cabinet. Live i/v with correspondent Robert Berger. FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER WORLD COURT DECISION - ruling states "threat or use of nuclear weapons generally contrary to rules of international law applicable in armed conflict. However court cannot conclude definitvely whether threat or use of nuclear weapons lawful or unlawful in extreme circumstance of self-defence.....". Correspondent Judy Lessing seeks reaction at UN in New York; live i/v with Terence O'Brien, director of VUW Centre for Strategic Studies. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES GANGS - AK Council for Civil Liberties believes proposed police and local bodies powers are "huge invasion" of personal freedom. Vice president Barry Wilson certain police will misuse the powers and the moves will do nothing to stop gang activities. He's i/ved live. HOMOSEXUAL LAW REFORM - 10 years since Bill passed into law. A look back at the 3d reading debate, with audio of MPs George Gair, John Banks, Graeme Lee, and Fran Wilde, who promoted the Bill; live i/v with NZ's first openly homosexual MP Chris Carter, about changes wrought by the law.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS WORLD COURT - NZ-based World Court Project driving force behind move to take issue of legality of nuclear weapons to The Hague - live i/v with spokesperson illegible Prior. AIDS - number of people infected worldwide expected to double by year 2000, according to Dr Daniel Tarantola, Harvard School of Public Health, speaking to 11th international conference on AIDS in Vancouver. Live i/v with conference spokesperson Greg Hamara. RUGBY - problems experienced by fans trying to get into Athletic Park for Bledisloe Cup match prompts WN Rugby Union to launch inquiry into organisation behind match. Police concerned about crowd safety while spectators claimed there weren't enough turnstiles, too few stewards and police, and no clear directions to seats. (Stephen Hewson) FOOTBALL/FINANCE - British physicist Keith Still, studying crowd behaviour at football stadia, believes he may have stumbled on way to accurately predict movement of foreign exchange markets. He's i/ved. COMMENT OLYMPIC GAMES - 12 days before opening. Live i/v with Atlanta correspondent Bert Roughton.