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0650 Business and financial news. David Jones illegible NEWS illegible HOSPITAL - stories of patient safety being compomised on night shift emerge from nurses. Some acute medical ward staff say they're stretched to limit. (Karen Turner); i/v with Health Waikato chief exec Gary Smith. (Mng Rpt) SRI LANKA - explosion rips through packed commuter train in Colombo, at least 70 people feared dead and 600 injured. I/v with correspondent Amal Jayasinghe. (Mng Rpt) OLYMPICS - NZ wins bronz medal in teams equestrian event. Live report from Gordon Irving. CANNABIS - Māori Council considering report recommending decriminalising drug in bid to damage crime-related underworld. Northland opinion divided. Cannabis freely available in region. Comment from students and teachers and Det Sgt Mike Goodison. (Glenda Wakeham); live i/v with Colin Bramfitt, exec director of Fndn for Alcohol and Drug Education. (FADE)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS TEACHER REGISTRATION - govt facing defeat on issue as coalition partner United supports Labour MP Trevof Mallard's Bill to re-introduce registration. Audio of Education minister Wyatt Creech, Information Technology minister Maurice Williamson, Christian Democrat leader Graeme Lee, and Trevor Mallard. (Marie illegible) COOK ISLANDS TAX INQUIRY - television production company, Zee Films, tells inquiry it used fictitious name to conceal fact it was filming Winston Peters' evidence for Fay Richwhite. Production manager Cathy White says false name Hauraki Films used to distance Fay Richwhite from filming process. Zee Films head Richard Riddiford says he understood Fay Richwhite wanted Mr Peters' evidence on record, but with possibility of making some sort of television programme in future. Fay Richwhite says filming kept secret to prevent feeding Mr Peters' "paranoia". (q); live i/v with Winston Peters. COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY - U.S. and Russia agree to support it although it doesn't fully satisfy either. Sticking point remains India. Foreign minister Don McKinnon lobbying India at Asean conference - he's i/ved. (Mng Rpt) AIR CRASH - investigators into crash of TWA 800 carrying out massive diving operation to raise large amounts of wreckage and bodies from ocean floor. Correspondent Judy Lessing i/ved live. B.S.E. - British Agriculture minister Douglas Hurd outlines plans for restrictions on sheep meat sales, precautionary measures to be introduced Europe-wide but govts playing down risk of contracting Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease from eating lamb. (Keith Chalkley) FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER WAIKATO HOSPITAL - Health Waikato confirms patient left lying in faeces for 3 hours because staff too busy, says staff shortages mean it couldn't rule out future cases of patient neglect on night shift. I/v with Crown Health Enterprises minister Bill English. (Janice Rodenburg) KOREAN DIPLOMAT - Roger Chambers, NZ lawyer for sacked diplomat Choi Seung-Jin, casts doubt on South Korean report on his trial. Yonhap news agency says Choi admitted forging documents before country's election, saying motive was to let public know govt's intention to postpone them. Roger Chambers says he can't believe what report says. He's i/ved live. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES OLYMPICS - predicted tourism windfall not bringing quick riches to many of small-time entrepreneurs who've set up in Atlanta. (BBC) FORMER JAPANESE PM Morihiro Hosokawa in NZ to study economic reforms and draw up plan he'll use as election platform. He's accompanied by 5 MPs and 2 academics. Live i/v with one of them, Prof Haruo Shimada of Keio Univ. SEXUAL OFFENDERS - first specialised residential centre for young offenders comes closer with agreement between Social Welfare Dept and Barnado's to begin development. Live i/v with Barnado's chief exec Ian Calder.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS TEACHER REGISTRATION - Trevor Mallard's Bil makes it requirement for all teachers to be registered. Live i/v with Peter Barlow, director of Teacher Registration Board, about likely effects. TOURISM - NZers taking advantage of cheap foreign airfares and ignoring local opportunities, says marketing officer for Marlborough District Council, Mike Summers. He says it's potentially harmful to local operators. He's i/ved live. MATERNITY SERVICES - pregnant women express concern over continuing debate. Comment from Laura Mountjoy, Brenda Hinton, and Sharon Cole. (Claire Silvester) CAR THEFT - security device developed by UK firm Skynet 2000 described as most technologically advanced system of kind, uses combination of computer, satellite and people. Live i/v with operations director Nigel Porter. COMMENT JAPAN HEALTH SCARE - thousands of people ill, hundreds in hospital, seven dead from food poisoning epidemic. Most victims schoolchildren in Osaka. Live i/v with correspondent Juliet Hindell FRUIT AND VEG REPORT with Jack Forsythe.