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0700 NEWS DUNEDIN DOCTORS' strike over following offer from Otago Healthcare. Live i/v with Andrew Carll, spokesman for Resident Doctors' Assn. illegible - European Union scientists say they've found agent that causes BSE could pass from one species to another. Sheep can develop form of disease if fed extracts of BSE from diseased cattle. (Keith Chalkley) LINCOLN UNIV STUDENTS occupy registry building, protesting against plans to raise student fees. Live i/v with student rep Erin Wilson; live i/v with Vice Chancellor, Prof Bruce Ross. OLYMPIC GAMES - NZ hopes for another medal rest with Danyon Loader in 400m freestyle swimming race. Equestrian team doing well. Live i/v with reporter Gordon Irving. BAIN CASE - Stephen O'Driscoll, appointed by businessman Joe Karam as David Bain's new lawyer, about to start process of sifting through thousands of pages of documents prior to trying to get new trial. He's i/ved live.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS JUDGES - official silence descends on question of 2 Whangarei judges, Martin Beattie and Robert Hesketh, who've stepped down from official duties until report over alleged travel irregularities is completed. What are the rules in cases like this? Live i/v with Philip Joseph, associate professor of law at Canty Univ. WITNESSES - new support network for people facing going to court to give illegible. Comment from Police Commissioner Peter Doone. (Tracy Lyall) MOTH - Operation Ever Green, to eradicate white spotted tussock moth, to proceed later in year, will mean parts of eastern AK will be sprayed from air in attempt to kill pest endangering NZ's trees. Live i/v with Warwick Foran, Forestry ministry, and Natalie Lloyd, Allergy Awareness Assn. ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) dominated by question of Burma and human rights record of ruling SLORC administration. I/v with Foreign Affairs minister Don McKinnon, who's attending talks. (Mng Rpt) FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER DUNEDIN DOCTORS - senior doctors who've had to cover for junior doctors this week are relieved they're returning to work. Live i/v with chair of senior medical staff Gil Barbezat. LINCOLN UNIV STUDENTS - about 80 have taken over resgistry in protest at plans to increase fees. Live i/v with reporter Sophia Wenborn. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES BSE - NZ govt seeking more information from Britain about new fears of disease moving from one species to another. Live i/v with acting director-general of Agriculture, Peter O'Hara. ELECTION CAMPAIGN - NZ First leader Winston Peters claims planned pre-election advertising campaign by Employers' Fedn is blatant example of dirty electioneering tricks, accuses National Party of using business connections to get around new legislation governing advertising spending. Comment also from Employers' Fedn head Steve Marshall and National Party president Geoff Thompson. (Marie Hosking) GOVERNMENT - State Services Commissioner Don Hunn tells select committee smaller cabinet and fewer govt departments could help avoid confusion in MMP era and reflect lesser role of govt in peoples' lives. He's i/ved live. PIE COMPETITION - record number of entries (700) in this year's Great Abels' Kiwi Pie competition. Reporter Andrew Fleming finds there almost a science to pie tasting.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS CHILD SAFETY - AK police threaten prosecutions if parents continue to neglect children in cars, clamping down on use of child-safety seats following survey in conjunction with Plunket. (Iain Gracie) OLYMPIC GAMES - live i/v with correspondent Bert Roughton about the chaos in Atlanta. KIWIFRUIT Marketing Board unveils new brand name for NZ kiwifruit, Zespri. Live i/v with Peter Moore, Colenso Communications. HEALTH POLICIES - four political parties pitch health policies to students and staff at AK Inst of Technology. Adresses by Associate Health minister Bill English, plus spokespeople for Labour, Alliance, and NZ First. (Lisa Owen) COMMENT ISRAELI Foreign minister David Levy meets Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, first official contact between Israel and PLO since May election. Why Mr. Levy and not PM Netanyahu? I/v with correspondent Derek Brown. (Mng Rpt)