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0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: POLICE REVIEW - Police minister Jack Elder announces independent review into police administration and management aimed at freeing-up resources for front-line policing. Manakau City mayor Sir Barry Hawkins hopes there will be more police officers on South AK streets as result - i/ved. (Mng Rpt)
0620 RURAL NEWS
0625 SPORTS STORY EUROPEAN SPORT - RUGBY - live i/v with correspondent Ian Borthwick. (French grand slam and weekend games in Britain)
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0636 NEWS STORY: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT - new report called for by Environment minister Simon Upton criticises law ahead of review planned for July. AK consultant Owen McShane criticises law. Comment also from Simon Upton and conservationist Guy Salmon. (Eric Frykberg) illegible INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
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0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: U.S. - MASSIVE MERGER announced between Citicorp and Travellers' Group, deal worth $127 billion and is latest in financial services industry as banks and brokerages move into each other's territory. ELECTRICITY REFORM - ECNZ SPLIT expected to be announced by govt today. ECNZ wil be split into 3 "baby ECNZ" corporations. Energy analyst Dr Govind Saha, Ernst and Young, believes competition will drive down retail prices by 15-20% over next 18 months. (Bronwen Evans) FINANCE/MARKETS MOUNT COOK GROUP - much of it bought by Tourism Holdings which is paying Air NZ $20 million for the assets. Comment from Murray Valentine, Tourism Holdings chair. (Rodney Joyce) NEW CAR MARKET still sagging, March sales down 13% on same month a year ago and 25% down on March 2 years ago. Situation contrasts to that in Australia. (Rodney Joyce) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS ELECTRICITY REFORM - widely expected that govt wil split provider ECNZ into 3 new businesses and will also tell supply companies they can be energy traders or own and run distribution lines but not both. Live i/v with Economics correspondent Bronwen Evans POLICE REVIEW - ministerial review aims to put more police on the beat. I/v with Police Commissioner Peter Doone. (Mng Rpt); live i/v with Police Assn president Greg O'Connor. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT - report by consultant Owen McShane recommends sweeping changes and is critical of ACT and of agencies enforcing it. Recommends removal of some of wide-ranging powers given to local authorities. Live i/v with Owen McShane; live i/v with Dorothy Wilson, deputy mayor of Waitakere City Council which was singled out for criticism.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS N.Z. PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE RUGBY - BAN - judicial hearing in Super 12 competition hands down one of toughest sentenes in code's history. South Africa's Coastal Sharks player Wckus van Heerden banned for 18 months for biting. I/v with "Johannesburg Star" rugby writer Barry Glasspool. (Mng Rpt) NORTHERN IRELAND - DEADLINE - rival parties working overtime to try to bridge differences and reach settlement before Thursday. (Keith Chalkley) ACC - ACCREDITED EMPLOYERS - debate over expansion of ACC's scheme allowing employers to manage their own compensation claims. Labour's spokesperson Ruth Dyson says expansion is premature and is worried about fairness to workers; Employers' Fedn supports expansion of scheme - live i/v with deputy chief exec Anne Knowles. JAPAN - ECONOMY - Economist Intelligence Unit in London says economy will slide into recession but not everyone agrees. Nathan Gibbs, Asian portfolio manager for Prudential in UK says view is too pessimistic. (Mng Rpt)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER ELECTRICITY REFORM - Treasurer Winston Peters sure everyone will benefit from proposals. Will the changes be good for the consumer? Live i/v with Consumers' Inst chief exec David Russell. FIRES - BUILDING STANDARDS - Fire Service will raise concerns about standards of building materials in wake of Wainuiomata house fire which killed young boy. Wainuiomata Fire Commander Eric Speck blames cheap construction materials used in house, saying they were highly combustible and there wasn't one feature that was fire resistant. (Melita Tull) illegible PAPERS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT - i/v with Environment minister Simon Upton about Owen McShane's report calling for many of Act's provisions to be removed from local authorities and put into private hands. DROUGHT - Agriculture minister Lockwood Smith announces provision of $84,000 for Hawkes Bay drought relief office and will consult with cabinet as to whether to extend special rural income support scheme to Hawkes Bay. Agriculture ministry has initiatives planned to help horticulturalists. Hawkes Bay Fed Farmers provincial president Robert Anderson says response is grossly inadequate - he's i/ved live, along with Lockwood Smith.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS TREATY OF WAITANGI - BUSINESS ROUND TABLE publishes book commissioned on Treaty process, "Waitangi, Morality and Reality". Author Prof Kenneth Minogue questions benefits of treaty settlements and addressing past grievances; he's i/ved live along with Treaty Negotiations minister Doug Graham. MāORI FISHING ASSETS - after more than 3 weeks of legal argument, High Court today hears final submissions in case to define iwi. I/v with Māori Issues correspondent Chris Wikaira. U.S. MASSIVE MERGER - Dow Jones industrials index closes on record high illegible merger of Citicorp and Travelers' Group. Live i/v with correspondent Patrick O'Connell re details. SWEDEN - LOBOTOMIES - investigation find children as young as 7 have been lobotomised and many people subjected to controversial surgery without relatives' permission. Reported that some 4,500 people lobotomised between 1944-1963. I/v with television reporter Agnetha Bernardsson who uncovered allegations. (Mng Rpt)