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0700 NEWS WEST BANK - Israeli and Palestinian forces reportedly exchange fire, at least 4 people dead, in fighting sparked by Israeli decision to open tunnel in Jerusalem near Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque. I/v with correspondent Robert Berger. HEALTH ISSUE gets extensive airing in CH, with opposition leaders blaming govt for causing more problems than it's solving at meeting where 7 political parties presented health policies. Audio of Helen Clark, Jim Anderton, Winston Peters, Roger Douglas, Jenny Shipley, Margaret Austin', and Rosemary Francis (CC) (Janice Rodenburg); live i/v with Cheryl Brunton, Public Health Assn, which organised meeting. TAX CUTS - AMP survey finds only 5% of people have used tax cuts to save for retirement and only 18% for other forms of savings. Live i/v with AMP's Roger Anderson. SURGERY WAITING LISTS - Health minister Jenny Shipley says CHEs have to take responsibility for managing funds for surgery (q) but health sector groups say it's not a management problem but funding that forces cuts to elective surgery. (Marguerite Fahy) EARTHQUAKE measuring 6.2 on Richter scale shakes centre of NZ. Live i/v with Dr Terry Webb, Inst of Geological and Nuclear Sciences..
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS RUSSIA - surgeons decide to proceed with President Yeltsin's heart operation but will wait 6-8 weeks to improve his chances of recovery. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has called upon Mr Yeltsin to resign while security chief Alexander Lebed has already declared himself to be likely successor. Live i/v with correspondent Andrew Harding. ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY changes come in next week, with setting of new market for buying and selling of bulk power and lifting of cap on wholesale prices. Consumers' Inst director David Russell says consumers will be vulnerable under new system, wants some sort of govt control. Comment also from Lincoln Gould, chief exec of Electricity Market Surveillance Committee, which set up the new market. (Bronwen Evans) CYPS head Griff Page defends calibre of Service's social workers despite Coopers and Lybrand report criticising internal training programme and use of untrained staff. Comment also from David Mcnabb, NZ Assn of Social Workers, and PSA's Jane Douglas. (Clare Sziranyi); live i/v with Social Welfare minister Peter Gresham. PRINCESS OF WALES in Washington, attends formal breakfast at White House as special guest of Hillary Clinton. I/v with "Washington Post" style editor Roxanne Roberts. FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER KEITH RAMSTEAD CASE - trial now moves to examining details of 3 operation performed by Ramstead which led to deaths of patients and manslaughter charges. Witnesses heard on illness and treatment of Peter van Dijk. Audio of theatre nurse Dorothy Mearns and Dr George Town. (Merle Nowland) WEST BANK - Israeli soldiers fought gunbattles with Palestinian police as protestors mounted demonstrations against Israeli decision to open tunnel in Jerusalem. Decision created uproar because of religious significance of nearby areas. Live i/v with Paul Morris, VUW Professor of Religious Studies. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES OLYMPICS 2000 - International Olympic Committee members concerned about possibility of Games being hijacked by Aborigines or other ethnic minorities, who've threatened to use street protests during Games to draw attention to poor living conditions. (Zandra Sharpe); live i/v with Charlie Perkins, Aboriginal rights activist. ALLIANCE increasing efforts to take seats of Coromandel and Dunedin South after recent polls suggest it has good chance of winning both. Comment from Matt Mccarten, Jim Anderton, Michael Cullen, and Malcolm McPherson. (Bryan Crump) TAX CUTS/RETIREMENT - most people have not used tax cuts to save for retirement. Live i/v with Jeff Todd, chair of task force into superannuation.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS HONG KONG - dissatisfaction continuing over Nattrass immigration trial, many members of Legislative Council think steps taken to look into case's handling by Judge Brian Caird not sufficient. I/v with Margaret Ngng, member of Council. (Mng Rpt) HOMECARE WORKERS - Service Workers' Union considering further legal action in support of workers it claims are being exploited by employer Healthcare 2000. Appeal Court ruled last month that company wrong to treat 10 Wanganui workers as independent contractors rather than permanent employees and company has decided ruling applies only to those 10 and not the rest of its workforce. (Nick Hirst) AVIATION HISTORY unveiled in Hokitika today. Hokitika was base for NZ's first established air service 62 years ago when Air Travel Ltd founded by former air illegible pilot Bert Mercer. I/v with aviation historian and son of last pilot to illegible for airline, Richard Waugh; live i/v with Billee Douglas, daughter of Bert Mercer. SINGER - 23 year old Aker Stephanie Watson to take top role in Victorian State Opera's production of "West Side Story". (Iain Gracie) FRUIT AND VEG REPORT with Jack Forsythe.