Morning report. 1996-10-16.

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1996
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58979
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Year
1996
Reference
58979
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Categories
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio news programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
02:02:40
Credits
RNZ Collection
Robinson, Geoff, Presenter
Hosking, Mike, Presenter
Walley, Allan, Editor
Frykberg, Eric, Producer
Dewhurst, Andrew, Sports presenter
National Radio (N.Z.) (estab. 1986, closed 2007), Broadcaster

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 COALITION - National, Labour, NZ First all name negotiating teams and aim to get talks underway soon, probably next week. Alliance today spells out publicly concessions it wants from Labour in return for support. NZ First leader Winston Peters wants talks away from public glare. National indicates parts of its education and finance policies might be negotiable in return for deal with NZ First. Live discussion with political reporters Janice Rodenburg, Marie Hosking, Stephen Parker. FINANCE - will sharemarket follow yesterday's dramatic rise? Rise followed lower than expected inflation rates and was accompanied by sharp drops in wholesale interest rates. But banks saying mortgage holders can't expect any benefit just yet. (Bronwen Evans); live i/v with John Rattray, Ord Minnett Securities. DEFENCE - RSA says NZers should realise importance of well-equipped and well-staffed Force. RNZAF says it's in danger of collapsing through lack of illegible. Budget cuts have affected all forces and there's concern they'll no longer be able to provide services. Comment from Group Capt Bruce Ferguson and RSA president David Cox. (Claire Silvester) WITNESS INTIMIDATION - Law Commission adds voice to calls for greater witness protection, releases report. Law Commissioner Judge Margaret Lee i/ved live.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS TUSSOCK MOTH - Operation Evergreen, spraying programme in AK's eastern suburbs, under threat because of bad weather. Forestry ministry officials worried that time running out. Live i/v with spokesman John Handiside. NORTHERN IRELAND - breakthrough in multi-party talks. Ulster Unionists and nationalist SDLP agree on agenda for first full session after 4 months of deadlock. (Keith Chalkley) COALITION - EDUCATION on agenda for discussion. Education minister Wyatt Creech says he's prepared to consider NZ First policy of raising student allowance payments to level of dole. Live i/v with Education correspondent Al Morrison. TONGA PASSPORTS - NZ raises concerns with Tonga over its latest plan to sell passports and nationality to Asians, mainly Hong Kong Chinese. Comment from Foreign Affairs minister Don McKinnon and Tongan government spokesperson Eseta Fusitua. (Lualemana Tino Pereira) SPIELBERG FILM - DoC agrees to filming in Fiordland National Park of part of "Jurassic Park" sequel. Live i/v with film's publicist Don Levy. FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER FINANCE - sharemarket rise's effect on interest rates. Live i/v with Massey Univ professor of Banking, Chris Moore, re where rates may go. EAST TIMOR - Indonesian president Suharto pays rare visit to territory to attend ceremony inaugurating statue of Christ, briefly meets Nobel Peace Prize co-winner, Bishop Carlos Belo. (BBC) PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES DEFENCE FORCE - RSA believes funding problems getting worse and role of military is under-valued. Live i/v with Dr Ron Smith, director of Defence and Strategic Studies Programme at Waikato Univ. NEW MPs orientation programme starts today. Comment from MPs Janet mackey and Deborah Morris. (Hannah Belcher); live i/v with Clerk of the House David McGee.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS SPRINGBOKS - South African national selector Ray Mordt and exec committee member Keith Parkinson quit in response to sacking of captain Francois Pienaar. Live i/v with sports writer Jan de Koning. SPIELBERG FILM - "Jurassic Park" sequel "The Lost World" to be partly filmed in Fiordland. DoC's Southland conservator Lou Sanson i/ved about details of illegible. (Mng Rpt) DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS carved from stone at Aboriginal sacred site stolen. Australian hunt for the fossil thieves. (Zandra Sharpe) KEITH RAMSTEAD CASE - trial moves today to other defence witnesses, after 2 days cross-examination of Ramstead who challenged pathologist's evidence. (Merle Nowland) PRISON FOOD - i/v with US professor, Stephen Schoenthaler, who's studied effects of diet on violent behaviour in 100 jails in US. (Mng Rpt) AFGHANISTAN - correspondent Edmund Roy returns from 11 days in Taliban-controlled Kabul - i/ved. (Mng Rpt)