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0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: FIRE SERVICE - proposals to overhaul Service mean 1600 firefighters will lose their jobs and have to reapply for fewer positions, also means new fire stations and trucks and larger role for volunteer firefighters. Comment from Internal Affairs minister Jack Elder, Labour MP Trevor Mallard, Insurance Council's Chris Ryan, Firefighters' Union secretary Derek Best and United Fire Brigades Association president Alan Burgess. (Sharon Brettkelly)
0620 RURAL NEWS PASTORAL BILL over hauling law governing South Island high country leases finally reports back to Parliament, 3 years after introduction. Farmers now happier with Bill but conservationists are fuming. (Kevin Ikin); Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons fears Bill will dramatically reduce access NZers have to high country because overseas investors snapping up leases and freehold titles. (Catherine Harris) illegible FARMERS OF NZ tells Parliament's primary production select committee farmers feel alienated from dairy industry and want to regain control of it. Chair Mark Masters says recent events, including proposed appointment of 2 company chief execs to replace farmers as directors on Dairy Board, and company mergers leaves farmers feeling companies can't be trusted. (Catherine Harris) WOOL PRICES - solid lift in cross-bred prices at CH sale, and lift in prices for shorter length 2nd shear wool and longer length first lambs' wool. (Kevin Ikin) AFFCO - chief exec Don Manson announces retirement. (Catherine Harris)
0625 SPORTS STORY: RUGBY - live i/v with commentator John McBeth. (Super 12 - what sort of final might we see?)
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0636 NEWS STORY: PRISONS - mixed reaction to govt plans to build 3 new prisons within next 3 years, 1 in Northland, 1 in South AK, and a remand unit next to AK's Mt Eden. Comment from Corrections minister Nick Smith, Howard League's Peter Williams QC, et al. (Nicola Pauling)
0639 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS illegible MANA NEWS SIR GRAHAM LATIMER retires as Fisheries Commissioner. BROADCASTING - Māori groups oppose new policy. FASHION - Māori designs to feature in international show.
0639 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: BNZ REPORTS $155 million half year profit, down 20% on last year, largely because of transfer of BNZ Australia to parent National Australia Bank. Chief exec Gordon Wheaton says BNZ now writing 1/5th of all term life insurance policies in NZ, sign of "silent revolution" as banks move beyond storing and lending moey. (Bronwen Evans) ; BNZ staff claim it's making "obscene" profits while laying off staff. (Rodney Joyce) FINANCE/MARKETS PHONE NUMBER debate back in political arena following walkout by BellSouth from advisory group. Telecommunications Industry Orgn meets Communications minister Maurice Williamson believing he supports its call for independent numbering but it appears to have been wrong connection. (Timothy O'Brien) TELECOM - SATURN COMMUNICATIONS accuses it of predatory pricing in growing battle for residential customers. Saturn's corporate development manager Sean Wynne says Telecom misusing market dominance to cut Hutt Valley phone costs in order to stop competition in market. (Timothy O'Brien) IDC, COMPUTER INDUSTRY RESEARCH, issues NZ market overview, forecasts 4.1% increase in computer sales but only 1% increase in revenue. General manager Dinesh Kumar says computers becoming more powerful but also cheaper. (Rodney Joyce) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS FIRE SERVICE - Commission claims proposed changes will save lives but secretary of professional Firefighters' Union, Derek Best, disagrees. Union's claim backed by Alliance MP and former firefighter Grant Gillon. Live i/v with Mr Gillon and Commission chair Roger Estall; Internal Affairs minister Jack Elder declines i/v, saying he doesn't believe it's a political issue. Former Fire Service chief exec Maurie Cummings saddened by plan. PETROL STATION - potential legalaction simmering over Pahiatua service station owner's decision to break with Mobil and take up with Challenge. Mobil plans to remove storage tanks and hints it will sue. Comment from proprietor Larry Ellison, Mobil's public affairs manager Rowan Macrae, and lawyer Alan illegible. (Eric Frykberg); Commerce minister John Luxton says possibility of legal battle over issue not surprising - i/ved live. HUMAN RIGHTS ACT to be amended to allow specific exemptions in welfare area. Justice minister Doug Graham says exemptions essential for DSW to do its job but idea condemned by human rights campaigners, Race Relations Office and opposition. Labour leader Helen Clark says change raises questions about NZ's commitment to human rights and could seriously disadvantage elderly and disabled. She's i/ved live along with Doug Graham.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NZ PAPERS SOUTH AFRICA - SARFU president Louis Luyt defies calls for him to resign. National Sports Council had given him and exec until today to quit, accusing SARFU of failing to draw balcks into game and threatening to call for cancellation of planned international rugby tours and to scrap Springbok emblem if Luyt stays on. I/v with Anthony McCaiser, SARFU communications manager. (Mng Rpt) FINANCE UPDATE ELECTION CALL - "National Business Review" calls on PM to call early election, says coalition govt has lost all moral authority to steer economy and country illegible out for leadership, stable govt and end to "muddled antics" of Winston Peters and NZ First MPs. Live i/v with NBR's editor in chief Neville Gibson. GLUE SNIFFING - Manukau City Council brings in by-law banning practice, following a Summer in which Manurewa police say they received at least one complaint a day about behaviour of intoxicated teenagers on streets. Comment from mayor Sir Barry Curtis, community constable John Yearbury, John Challis of Odyssey House and vox pops. (Kiri Coughlan) INDONESIA - MEDAN RIOTS - convoys of troops patrolling city after 3 days of rioting in which local people say 6 demonstrators died. Most recent violence sparked by big rises in prices of fuel, electricity and transport. Are predictions by military of situation turning into anarchy coming true? I/v with correspondent Jonathan Head. DOCTORS - HILLARY COMMISSION wants more GPs to get behind "green" scheme it launched a year ago. Scheme involves "Green Prescriptions" where GPs prescribe light exercise rather than pills for suitable patients. Comment from Commission's Dian O'Neill, GP Renata Tolks, and patient Nancy Greenfield. (Rae Lamb)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER FIRE SERVICE - professional firefighters considering legal action similar to Australian watersiders in fight against restructuring. Sweeping proposals include larger role for volunteer firefighters, move welcomed by United Fire Brigades' Assn. Live i/v with president Alan Burgess and Derek Best, secretary of professional Firefighters' Union. PETROL STATION - Mobil intends removing storage tanks from Pahiatua station owned by Larry Ellison now that he's switched to Challenge and is hinting at suing. Mr Ellison says he won't be intimidated. Live i/v with Mobil's public affairs manager Rowan McRae. PRISONS - govt plans to build another 3 prisons to cater for growing prison population. Criminologist John Pratt says it appears govt is now prepared to live with expanding prison population. Live discussion with him, Corrections minister Nick Smith, and Peter Williams QC, Howard league for Penal Reform. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS NATIONAL TESTING - primary school principals and teachers say govt's plan won't do anything to improve children's learning. Green Paper recommends compulsory maths and English tests for standard 4 and form 2 pupils. Comment from LIz Patara, NZEI, Education minister Wyatt Creech, ERO's Judith Aitken, principal Geoff Lane, parents. (Gael Woods)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS CHRYSLER/DAIMLER-BENZ MERGER signed in London, biggest industrial merger in history. Daimler chair Jurgen Schrempp says merger is marriage made in heaven, but how does Chrysler feel about it? Live i/v with Reda McCay, director of corporate and media relations. AUSTRALIA - WATERFRONT TROUBLES - some watersiders begin returning to work but return not without problems re alleged threats by watersiders against Patrick Stevedores management. (Zandra Sharpe) SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CODE - last day for responses to be sent in to govt. About 100,000 people thought to have replied, less than 10% response rate govt hoped for. Comment from Social Welfare minister Roger Sowry, Wesley WN mission Graham Weir, PM Jenny Shipley, and Labour's Steve Maharey. (Sarah Boyd) NETBALL - COCA COLA CUP FINAL in DN tonight. Otago Rebels play underdogs Southern Sting for cup. Live i/v with Bernice Mene and Belinda Colling, flatmates and members of opposing teams. WEEKEND WEATHER FRIDAY FEEDBACK OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. (Australian Baribe doll; unemployment figures)