Morning report. 1996-08-20

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0600 Headlines/News/Sports Bulletin/short weather forecast
0608 News in Māori
0614 Headlines/Paper Report
0618 Rural News
0630 News Update illegible Report from our Mana News team
0645 Pacific Regional News : Ex RNZ International
0650 Business and financial news. David Jones
0700 NEWS FORESTRY CORP SALE - cabinet approves sale of cutting rights of trees to Fletcher-Challenge led consortium. Moves quickly follows poll showing opposition to sale running at about 2 to 1 against. Comment from MPs Roger McClay, Ian Revell, Clive Matthewson, Jim Anderton. (Kathryn Street); live i/v with Political editor Karen Fisher. ASSET TESTING - Northland Health dcides not to proceed with court action against Kaitaia pensioner Harry Findlay, says Mr Findlay has agreed to accept financial responsibility for his wife who has Alzheimer's. Live i/v with Mr Fubdlay's lawyer Robin Fountain. SECONDARY TEACHERS - pay dispute resolved with $80 milliom compromise deal. Live i/v with Education minister Wyatt Creech and PPTA president Martin Cooney. OTAGO UNIV students still occupying registry building in protest over planned fee increases. Talks broke down over question of possible expulsion for protestors and univ's claim that students had brought new matters to illegible table. Live i/v with students' spokesperson Kathy Price.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS DAVID DOUGHERTY - bid this morning to get bail, following quashing of rape and kidnapping convictions. Mr Dougherty to be re-tried because of new DNA evidence. Live i/v with his lawyer Murray Gibson. BELGIAN SEX SCANDAL spreading, with arrest of Michelle Martin, wife of suspect Marc Dutroux. 4th person, businessman Jean-michel Nihoul to appear in court later today. Dutroux and associate Michel LeLievre facing charges after rescue of 2 girls from cell in house he owned. Two 8 year old girls later found starved to death and buried in garden. I/v with correspondent Malcolm Senior. ESCAPED PRISONERS - AK police haven't given up hunt for convicted murderer jeffrey Bullock and drug smuggler Brian Curtis who escaped from Paremoremo 3 years ago. (Karlum Lattimore) RUSSIA - President Yeltsin's aides strongly deny rumours Kremlin considering sending president to Switzerland for heart by-pass surgery. I/v with correspondent Andrew Harding re rumours about Mr Yeltsin's health. FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER OTAGO UNIV - student leader says talks to end occupation broke down over univ claim that students had brought new matters to negotiating table - demand for nil fee increase. I/v with vice chancellor Graeme Fogelberg re whether univ concil believes matter of fees was new. (Mng Rpt) ASSET TESTING - Kaitaia 80 year old Harry Findlay believes Northland Health has decided not to proceed with court action against him because it's election year. CHE head Bruce Gollop refusing to say if CHE will still sue Mr Findlay. Live i/v with Whangarei reporter Lois Williams. FOREST CORP SALE - Waipa sawmill workers down tools for 24 hours in protest at impending sale, fear mill will be sold and say their interests have been ignored during sale process. Live i/v with Wood Industries Union national secretary Jim Jones PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES CHE APPOINTMENT - Prisoners' Aid and Rehabilitation Society defends convicted fraudster Rodney Brown who's been promoted to top financial position at Invercargill CHE. Society director John Whitty says Mr Brown probably more trustworthy than many employees because his conviction known to his employers. Local MP Mark Peck says he's astounded by the appointment and plans to raise matter in Parliament. He's i/ved. (Mng Rpt) GLOBE THEATRE - opens with performance of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", ending project that's been talking about in theatre world for nearly half a century, recreation of Shakespeare's Globe theatre. (Keith Chalkley) illegible NEWS/SPORTS FOREST CORP SALE - live i/v with Economics correspondent Bronwen Evans about the sale, Fletcher's successful bid, implications. SUPERMARKETS begin prosecuting people for sampling fruit and bulkfoods before buying. Store operators say they're tired of having hundreds of kilos' worth of goods like grapes and confectionary stolen every day. (Mark Torley); live i/v with Consumers Inst chief exec David Russell. U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN - Ross Perot accepts nomination of party he launched and largely bankrolled. (Judy Lessing) AUSTRALIAN BUDGET - protests begin against what's tipped as blackest budget for years. Live i/v with ABC Melbourne journalist Doug Weller.