Morning report. 1996-07-17

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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
0645 Pacific Regional News : Ex RNZ International illegible Business and financial news. David Jones
0700 NEWS TAMIHERE - Questions are being asked about David Tamihere's conviction for the murders of Urban Hoglin and Heidi Pakkonen, after a witness has backed down on evidence he gave. Now Tamihere's family and lawyer hope the case can be heard again in the Court of Appeal. Wrap from Andrew Fleming with secret witness C, Tamihere's lawyer Murray Gibson and John Tamihere (brother). Live i/v with Gibson. OLYMPICS DRUGS - A British Olympic doctor has claimed on the BBC Panorama programme that three quarters of athletes at the games will have used performance enhancing drugs in their training. He says the drug-testing equipment in Atlanta is a waste of time. Audio of Dr Michael Turner. Live i/v with New Zealand team doctor Tony Edwards. DOW JONES - The US stock market is bouncing back after falling significantly yesterday. Live i/v with Wall Street correspondent Richard Quest, including audio of Michael Metz, chief equity strategist for Openheimer in the NYSE. TEACHERS - Industrial action begins again today - fourth formers have no teachers for the rest of the week. Meanwhile there's been angry reaction from illegible government and mounting pressure for teachers' pay to be docked. Wrap from Nick Hirst with Martin Cooney (PPTA), education minister Wyatt Creech, Janet Kelly from STA, Eric Pederson from the education ministry and Phil Raffills from Avondale College. Live i/v with Alison Gernhofer, principal of Westlake Girls School in Auckland, who will dock pay and Ross Boswell, chair of the board of trustees for Christchurch Boys, who won't dock pay.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS JUVENILE CRIME - Labour and National are disagreeing over figures on juvenile crime. Labour says youth crime's up 40%, but national say they're twisting the statistics. Wrap from Corinne Ambler with labour police spokesperson George Hawkins and police minister John Luxton. Live i/v with Dr Gabreile Maxwell from the office of the children's commissioner. TRADE - The Focus Latin America plan for increased trade with the continent was unveiled last night by foreign affairs and trade minister Don McKinnon. Live i/v with him. SMITH MURDER - A Wellington woman is outraged that Philip John Smith was granted bail, when he then sought out her brother and murdered him. Smith was on charges of sexually abusing the man's son and had threatened to kill the boy's family if he told. i/v with the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons. RUAPEHU - At the local government meeting in Taupo there's been anger at a statement from Jim Bolger that there'll be no assistance for locals living by Mount Ruapehu. District mayor Weston Kirton says he'll keep lobbying. Wrap from Lisa Owen. FINANCE
0800 NEWS/WEATHER OLYMPICS DRUGS - The issue of drugs at Atlanta has come up after the first positive test, for an Australian sprinter, and statements from a British doctor that three quaretrs of athletes at the games will have used drugs in their training. i/v with Graham Steel exec dir of the New Zealand Sports Drug Agency on what drug tests and processes will be used at the games. Live i/v with Philipa Baker, former world champion athlete and anti-drugs camapaigner. DOW JONES - Update live i/v with Richard Quest after the close of the Dow Jones in New York. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES TEACHERS - Although the teachers' pay dispute continues, they have already secured a twelve percent pay rise over the next two years, well in excess of other public sector unions. Many public servants haven't had a pay rise since 1990. Live i/v with Peter Boxall from Auckland Uni's Dept of Management and Industrial Relations. illegible - David Tamihere has the chance of a new trial for the murders of Urban Hoglin and Heidi Pakkonen after a witness said his evidence was a lie. Live i/v with Bill Hodge from Auckland University.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS UNITED NATIONS - A United Nations Human Development Report has named New Zealand as having the worst death rate during or following childbirth in the developed world. But health minister Jenny Shipley says the Un did not consult the government about official figures. i/v with Moez Doraid, human development policy specialist for the UN. COT DEATH - The Cot Death Assn has been criticised by Dr Jim Sprott who says they're ignoring his research and his claims cot death is caused by toxic gases in baby mattresses and they haven't spent the 300-thousand dollars from last year's Red Nose Day on anything worthwhile. Wrap from Clare Sziranyi with dr Sprott, Tim Bircher chair of the Cot Death Assn, Felicity Price of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome parents group and Riripeti Haretuku organiser of the Māori cot death prevention programme. Live i/v with Dr Shirley Tonkin, national co-ordinator of the cot death assn. IRELAND - Multi-party talks have resumed in Belfast on the peace process for northern Ireland. i/v with correspondent Mark Davenport. illegible OLYMPICS - Live i/v with Atalanta Constitution columnist Bert Roughton - main topics the traffic problems and the drug issue.