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0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: LEASEHOLD LAND - PM-designate Jenny Shipley and Treasurer Winston Peters announce they'll move amendment to Māori Reserved Land Amdt Bill to give lessee farmers right to have compensation situations examined in Land Valuation Tribunal. Opposition MPs supporting passage of Bill. Audio of ACT leader Richard Prebble, Treaty Negotiations minister Doug Graham, Labour MP Dover Samuels, and NZ First's Tukuroirangi Morgan. (Clare Pasley)
0621 RURAL NEWS
0626 SPORTS STORY: U.S. SPORTS - live i/v with Paul Witteman, "Sports Illustrated". (how far professionalism can go in sport)
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0635 NEWS STORY: AUSTRALIA - BUSH FIRES - isolated properties in NSW's Narrabri region evacuated as major blaze continues to rage on several fronts. I/v with Barry Hogan, Narrabri radio station. (Mng Rpt)
0639 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: SOUTH KOREA - IMF arranging $55 billion in biggest ever rescue effort as country tries to dig out deepening debt crisis. Deal requires some harsh measures to be taken. SHIPPING INDUSTRY Fedn warns govt conference on future of NZ shipping may come too late. President Rod Grout says number of NZ ships operating on transTasman freight runs could be halved within 6 months, says tax issues are the cause. (Rodney Joyce) FINANCE/MARKETS RURAL SECTOR ECONOMY - National Bank says depreciating dollar has had little impact so far in lifting prices for farm products. Bank's rural economist Kevin Wilson comments. (Kevin Ikin) TRANSTASMAN PROPERTIES close to planned divestment of commercial property into illegible property trust and concentration on property investment. Operations director Chris Canning outlines future course. (Gyles Beckford) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS LEASEHOLD LAND - PM-designate and Treasurer to introduce Supplementary Order Paper into committee stages of Māori Reserved Lands Amdt Bill, allowing any party which believes it has been shortchanged on compensation to test claim in Land Valuation Tribunal. Audio of Māori Affairs minister Tau Henare arguing farmers affected by Bill are getting plenty of compensation and should stop complaining; live i/v with Paul Morgan, Fedn of Māori Authorities; comment from select committee chair Rana Waitai; comment from Labour MP Mark Peck; live i/v with PM-designate Jenny Shipley; live i/v with organiser of farmers' protest tractor convoy, Maurice Hey. AUSTRALIA - BUSH FIRES force evacuation of up to 20 properties in NSW's northwest, in Narrabir-Coonabaraban region. Cooler temperatures and reduced winds help firefighters trying to contain balzes in southern Sydney, Hunter Valley, Shoalhaven on south coast, Blue Mountains, Lithgow and Hawkesbury region. Live i/v with Graeme Zanelli, Rural Fire Service. GIFT VOUCHERS - Consumer Affairs minister Robyn McDonald wants retailers to provide better protection for people buying or holding vouchers. Call prompted by Levene collapse which left many voucher holders as unsecured creditors. Comment also from Barry Hellberg, Retail Merchants' Assn, Peter Sutton, Consumers' Inst, and consumer Alicia Dear. (Michelle McGuinness)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE LAND MINES TREATY intended to rid world of anti-personnel mines being signed by more than 125 countries in Ottawa, but not by US, Russia, or China. NZ represented by Youth Affairs minister Deborah Morris. Live i/v with correspondent Julie Ireton. JUDGE/SEX ABUSE TRIAL - new trial ordered for District Court judge Ross Elliott after WN High Court jury fails to return verdict on 2 charges he sexually abused young boy in early 1970s. Live i/v with Court reporter Merle Nowland. TVNZ's NATURAL HISTORY UNIT - sale of 80% of unit to Twentieth Century Fox, owned by Rupert Murdoch, celebrated by unit and condemned by Alliance. Comment from "Wild South" director/presenter Peter Hayden, Alliance spokesperson Pam Corkery, and Mike Stedman, unit's general manager. (Caitlin Cherry) RAURIMU MASSACRE CASE - jury hears how breakfast gathering ended up in shooting spree which killed 6 people, evidence given by Stephen Anderson;s mother, uncle and guest at Anderson's lodge. Andrew McRae reports live. DOCTOR FOR A DAY - WN mayor Mark Blumsky takes part in new programme at WN Hospital to influence country's decision-makers and walks the wards. Comment from Mr Blumsky, Capital Coast Health chief exec Leo Mercer, patients and staff. (Rae Lamb)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER LEASEHOLD LAND - Māori Affairs minister Tau Henare argues in House that Māori Reserved Land Amdt Bill offers farmer lessees adequate compensation. Live i/v with him and Mark Peck, Labour MP who was pushing for Supplementary Order Paper along lines of that to be presented by PM-designate and Treasurer. AUSTRALIA - BUSH FIRES - 6,000 firefighters still battling 150 fires across NSW. Live i/v with correspondent Zandra Sharpe. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS DANGEROUS DOGS- govt seeks to ban importation of 4 breeds of dogs and put tighter controls on those already here. Legislation aimed specifically at American Pit Bull terriers, Fila Braileiros, Dogo Argentinas and Japanese Tosas. Live i/v with Local Government minister Maurice Williamson. AUCKLAND - HERO PARADE organisers taking City Council to Human Rights Commission over refusal to fund parade, accuses it of homophobia. Comment from mayor Les Mils, deputy mayor David Hay, lawyer Deirdre Milne, and Bruce Kilmister, Hero Trust. (Mary-Jane Aggett) TVNZ'S NATURAL HISTORY UNIT sale condemned by Alliance. Live i/v with Broadcasting spokesperson Pam Corkery and Graeme Wilson, TVNZ's general manager of production.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS READING RECOVERY ROW - Education ministry threatens to take Levin's Koputaroa School to court if it proceeds with plan to charge parents whose children need reading recovoery tuition. School has trained teacher to run programme who worked with up to 4 children a day but ministry will now pay for only 1 child a day and says school has to find extra money. Board of Trustees says there's no extra money and considering asking parent of children needing assistance to pay, but ministry says that's illegal. Live i/v with school principal Terry Hammingsen and Anne Deonshire, Education ministry's operations manager in Wanganui. ACC LEVIES - experts looking at implications of govt's announcement says it's clear aim is to deregulate whole area of accident insurance cover. Comment from social policy lecturer Grant Duncan, ACT MP Derek Quigley(q), Labour MP Ruth Dyson, and ACC originator Sir Owen Woodhouse.(q) (Sarah Boyd) RUSSIA - PRESIDENT YELTSIN makes major and unexpected disarmament announcements, apparently without consulting advisors. Mr Yeltsin tells Swedish parliament that from early 1999, Russia will unilaterally reduce land and navalunits by more than 40% and earlier said Russia will unilaterally cut nuclear warheads by third. I/v with correspondent James Coomerasamy. (Mng Rpt) YOUTH CRIME - Police and CYPS in Tauranga launch new project aimed at cracking down on problem. "Te Aranui" aims to steer teens who are heading down path of crime onto another track. Trial programme running for several months proving successful. (Stephanie Baird) illegible AND VEG REPORT with Jack Forsythe.