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0700 NEWS LIFE ON MARS - NASA confirms US scientists have uncovered evidence suggesting ancient, single-cell life, after close analysis of 13,000 year old meteorite which plunged from Mars to Antarctica and found almost 12 years ago. President Clinton hints at rekindling space programme. CEDENCO - NZ's largest tomato processor to make announcement to Stock Exchange today on its future, expected to confirm expectations its' shifting all or most of operations to Australia. Currently employs up to 500 people and leases some 2,000 ha of land in Gisborne region. Live i/v with Rurals reporter Heugh Chappell. N.Z.FIRST launches foreign investment policy, draws scathing reaction from political foes. Comment from Winston Peters, Bill Birch, Michael Cullen, and Alliance, (q). (Stephen Parker) POWER COMPANY - Ngai Tahu lodges Treaty of Waitangi claim for Southland power company and also for strategic power generation assets in Canty. Southlanders outraged, say Power Company doesn't belong to Crown but to them, are already engaged in battle with govt for control. Live i/v with Ngai Tahu spokesperson Syd Ashton. PM JIM BOLGER announces that South Africans will no longer require visas when visiting NZ. He's using visit to try to build more permanent ties with South Africa. (Kathryn Street)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS LIFE ON MARS - meteorite rocks analysed by scientists from NASA, Stanford Univ, and the Planetary Sciences Research Inst at the Open Univ. in Britain. I/v with Prof Colin Pillinger, Open Univ's Gresham Professor of Astronomy. POWER COMPANY - Ngai Tahu spokesperson Syd Ashton says tribe has placed assets at top of agenda for settling Treaty of Waitangi grievances. Southland region mayors outraged. Live i/v with chair of Southland Regional Council, Marion Miller. TELECOM relations with Engineers' Union strained further by revelations that manager approached staff with offer of pay rise if they withdrew from union. Telecom apologises to union, but union believes it's not a one-off situation. Comment from Telecom spokesperson Clive Litt, and Suze Wilson, Engineers' Union. (Kent Caddick) MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY - Family Court decision giving woman share of former husband's future earnings supported by Justice minister Doug Graham, (q) landmark decision court rules former wife of senior exec on 6 figure salary helped him build his career and in entitled to share of future pay. Live i/v with Law Society's family law committee convenor, Murray Cochrane. DANYON LOADER returns to warm welcome from DN - red carpet, ticker tape parade and thousands of people. How will attention affect him? Comment from motivator Rakesh Pandey and Americas Cup sailor Jeremy Scantlebury. (Mark Crysell) FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER LIFE ON MARS - NZ scientists spend much time in Antarctic area where Martian meteorite found. Live i/v with Dr Margaret Bradshaw, geologist who's led expeditions to find meteorites. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES CEDENCO - Gisborne mayor John Clarke says departure of company is another blow for region which has already lost Weddel meat works within last 2 years. He's i/ved live. POLITICAL ADVERTISING - Electoral Commission today begins hearing submissions from political parties on why they should have share of funding. First time that Electoral Commission required to allocate funding and is breaking tradition by hearing submissions in public. Comment from ACT leader Richard Prebble and NZ First leader Winston Peters. (Janice Rodenburg) TOBACCO - Parliamentary select committee recommends it be made offence for people under 18 to buy tobacco or cigarettes, suggests $40 instant fines with maximum fine of $400 for non-payers. I/v with committee chair Roger Sowry. (Mng Rpt)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS LIFE ON MARS - is the discovery of single-cell organisms that might have lived on Mars some 3 billion years ago another blow for mankind's ego and for creationism? Live i/v with Canty Univ philosopher and sceptic Dr Denis Dutton. WINE - consumers could benefit soon from cheaper wine as producers try to dump product before latest vintage comes onto market. Comment from wine wholesalers' spokesperson Raymond Chan, Kitchener Wines' managing director Richard Ward, Glen Thomas of Marlborough Winemakers' Assn, and wine writer Keith Stewart. (Bronwen Evans) MENTAL HEALTH - Royal NZ college of General Practitioners latest professional body to criticise new Commission's powers. Mental health inquiry head Ken Mason has criticised govt for restricting Mental Health Commission's powers to that of watchdog. GPs College agrees, says govt has done nothing to improve appalling mental health record. Live i/v with prof Gregor Coster, College president. CHECHYNA - bitter fighting continues In capital Grozny, with Russian troops mising into centre of city after major assault by Chechen rebels. I/v with Moscow correspondent Michael Brissenden. (Mng Rpt) FRUIT AND VEG REPORT with Jack Forsythe.