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0645 Pacific Regional News : Ex RNZ International
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0700 NEWS TRUCK SAFETY - parliament's transport select committee has put out a report highly critical of government agencies and the transport industry. Their recommendations include increased police enforcement of truck regulations. Wrap with OSH gen manager Bob Hill, Road Transport Assn chief exec Tony Friedlander and select committee member Suzanne Sinclair. (Corinne Ambler) Live i/v with insp. Ian James, in charge of the commercial vehicle investigation unit. TOBACCO - Anti-smoking lobbyists here are interested in the possibility president Bill Clinton may follow up an FDA idea of classifying tobacco as a drug and bringing in stricter regulations. Wrap with Trish Fraser of ASH and Jim Burns of WD Wills tobacco co. (Bronwen Evans) BELGIUM - Tens of thousands of Belgians have attended a memorial service for two 8-year-old girls believed to have been starved to death by a group of paedophiles who's abducted them, i/v with correspondent Malcolm Senior. RUGBY - Jonah Lomu won't be playing in tomorrow's test in South Africa - he's been dropped from the reserves. And the debate continues over tactical substitutions, i/v with sports correspondent Graeme Moody.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS RUSSIA - President Boris Yeltsin has reappeared amid more rumours about his health, and just as his security chief Alexander Lebed looks to have signed a peace agreement with Chechnya. But yeltsin is expressing doubts about Lebed's actions, i/v with correspondent Ben Brown. GUN LAWS - Police minister John Luxton has appointed retired judge Justice Thorp to look into gun laws and debate has started over semi-automatic weapons and licensing. Wrap with police complaints authority John Jefferies, Gunsafe's Mike meyrick and John Dwyer from the sporting shooters' assn. (Marguerite Fahy) live i/v with Neville Robertson, a community psychologist looking at the role of guns in domestic violence. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES - One in six women will contract an STD before the age of 21 according to an Otago Medical School survey. This is double the figure for men of the same age. Live i/v with Dr Nigel Dickson, co-author of the study based on the survey. ROAD SAFETY - The road toll is down in urban areas, but not rural ones, so rural drivers have been targetted with a new million dollar campaign. Wrap with minister of transport Maurice Williamson, Peter Doone, John Wilson, Brent beadle and an anonymous pub owner. (Clare Silvester) FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER TOBACCO - Anti-smoking groups in this country say we should follow president Clinton's lead if he decides to classify tobacco as a drug and bring in tougher laws. A select committee here is currently looking at what can be added to the SmokeFree Environments Act. Live i/v with health minister Jenny Shipley. TRUCK SAFETY - The Road Transport Assn, which represents truck companies and owner/drivers says it's happy with a select committee report on truck safety. But truck fatalitites are at the highest level in 25 years, live i/v with the assn's Tony Friedlander. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES INHERITANCE - The law Commission is proposing law changes which would weaken the rights of adult children to make claims to their parents' estates. The commission says at present they can make changes to wills without their parents' consent. Live i/v with the commission's Prof. Richard Sutton. LANGE - Former prime minister David Lange left parliament for the last time yesterday. Wrap from Kathryn Street with excerpts from his valedictory speech. Reaction from Jim Anderton of the Alliance and the governemnt's Bill Birch.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS TOBACCO - As anticipation of Clinton's announcement on tobacco increases, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole says Clinton's trying to deflect attention from his failure in the war on drugs, i/v with correspondent Martin Walker. DRINK DRIVING - The Court of Appeal's sending a signal to judges it wants harsher penalties for drunk drivers who cause injuries. The court yesterday upheld a three year jail sentence for an Invercargill drunk driver who injured three people last year. Voicer from Merle Nowland. TRUCK SAFETY - One of the claims of the parliamentary transport select committee on truck safety is that there is not enough enforcement of safety laws and not enough reviews of licences. Live i/v with the Land Transport Safety Authority's Reg Barrett. KOREA - South Korean president Kim Young-Sam has declared war on students, following the mass arrest of three and a half thousand students at a Seoul university campus. I/v with correspondent Anthony Brown. AUSTRALIA - Live i/v with Phil Kafcaloudes on former Elders' chief executive, John Elliott seeking compensation from the National Crime Authority, the Australian budget and Lange's departure.