Morning report. 1998-05-22

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0606 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: INDONESIA - PRESIDENCY - Suharto resigns but successor Jusuf Habibie is one of Mr Suharto's closest associates, raising questions over whether he's convenient figure for existing regime or a leader who will usher in real democratic change. (BBC)
0620 RURAL NEWS DROUGHT - FEED LEVELS still looking seriously depleted and buying supplementary feed in inland and hill country areas becoming less feasible as it increases in price and distances involved in carting it become greater. (Catherine Harris) AGRICULTURE MINISTRY - govt appoints establishment boards for 2 new SOEs it's creating out of ministry. MQM Meat will provide meat inspection and other services to meat processing industry, while MQM Food will run Tb screening and other services for livestock industry and quality assurance services for wide range of food products. (Kevin Ikin) illegible - CHINA TRADE - Wools of NZ says there are signs that demand in China is picking up after steady decline in exports there last year. Spokesman Roger Buchanan says hope is that market is stabilising again. (Kevin Ikin)
0625 SPORTS STORY: RUGBY - live i/v with commentator John McBeth. (Super 12 semi-finals)
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0636 NEWS STORY: NORTHERN IRELAND - PM Tony Blair makes last minute appeal to voters to support peace deal in referendum "Yes" vote will create new assembly to govern province and see Dublin drop it constitutional claim to sovereignty over the North. (Keith Chalkley)
0639 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS LAND - Māori Affairs minister Tau Henare supports call for new body which would fund and develop Māori multiple-owned land. CONSTITUENCY - public hearing will help decide whether Māori constituency is set up in the Bay of Islands.
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: MAINE INVESTMENTS - new deal brokered, acceptable to reluctant bondholders, particularly with Tower Portfolio. Maine Investments finance director Andrew powers explains new deal. (Gyles Beckford); Guardian Trust's Rob Flanagan relieved, says new offer positive because it gives bondholders greater value in new holding company. (Sharon Brettkelly) FINANCE/MARKETS POWER COMPANIES - Electricity Industry Reform Bill introduced into Parliament under urgency, will force power supply companies to sell part of businesses. (Bronwen Evans) INTEREST RATES - fall predicted in coming months on back of continued esing of monetary policy by Reserve Bank. BankDirect cuts its 3 year rate to 9% in anticipation of positive news from Reserve Bank. General manger Jane Freeman comments. (Sharon Brettkelly) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS FIRE SERVICE - Internal Affairs minister Jack Elder in trouble with NZ First colleagues over plans to restructure Service by making the 1600 paid firefighters apply for new jobs, want alternative plan. Mr Elder, NZ First leader Winston Peters, and Fire Service Commission chair Roger Estall all decline i/vs. Live i/v with Political editor Al Morrison. INDONESIA - PRESIDENT Suharto resigns but human rights groups wants battle is not over. Successor Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie faces immediate barrage of questions over whetehr he's the man to reform economy or is just Suharto's puppet. I/v with John Mcbeth, "Far Eastern Economic Review". (Mng Rpt); exiled student leader Edwin Gozal, who now lives in Melbourne, i/ved. (Mng Rpt) JENNINGS - opponents considering talking ACT MP Owen Jennings to Parliament's Privileges Committee as row deepens over his role in get-rich-quick investment scheme. Two distinct versions of Mr Jennings' role in meeting now causing political opponents to raise further questions. Comments from Mr Jennings, Winston Peters, Richard Prebble, Helen Clark(q), and businessman Rick Walczak and Jeff Law. (ex Holmes) (Kathryn Street) RUGBY - big weekend for fans with 3 NZ teams making semi-finals of Super 12 competition. (Blair McLaren) U.S. LOTTERY - owner(s) of lotery ticket worth record $104 million staying out of sight as media descend on Wisconsin town of Pell Lake where ticket was sold.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATES CAR TARIFFS - legal loophole could see thousands of luxury cars shipped out of NZ at weekend only to return in a few weeks to qualify for tariff refund. Alliance leader Jim Anderton says dealers want to qualify for tariff refund on unsold cars, imported after February 14, as allowed in Budget. Live i/v with Mr Anderton, and John Nicholls, chief exec of Imported Motor Vehicle Dealers' Assn. BENEFIT FRAUD ADVERTS - Advertising Standards Complaints Board decides against complaint laid by Fedn of Voluntary Welfare Orgns which claimed adverts were misleading. Income Support has been asked to have next series of adverts vetted by Board before going to air. Comment from Tina Reid, Fedn of Voluntary Welfare Orgns. Live i/v with Income Support general manager Christine Rankin. NORTHERN IRELAND - NZ's Irish community appears to support peace proposal going to referendum vote. (Eric Frykberg); Patricia Campbell, Ulster Unionist Party, involved in "yes" campaign - does the party demand total disarmament on all sides? She's i/ved. (Mng Rpt); live i/v with Gerry O'Hara, Sin Fein's northern chair.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER FIRE SERVICE - NZ First caucus tells Internal Affairs minister Jack Elder to come up with alternative to planned changes. Live i/v with Firefighters' Union secretary Derek Best JENNINGS - NZ First and Labour considering laying complaing of breach of privilege against ACT MP Owen Jennings in row over business meeting held in his parliamentary office. Live i/v with Political editor Al Morrison. INDONESIA - PRESIDENT - predictions resignation really a breakthrough for student protestors? I/v with Ed Aspinall, Sydney Univ lecturer in Indonesia studies. (Mng Rpt) INTERNATIONAL PAPERS MāORI SERVICES - moves to separate funding and service delivery from mainstream govt agencies momentum. Māori Afairs minister Tau Henare says mainstream policy is not working and if govt departments fail to improve Māori health, education and unemployment he'll seek to have Te Puni Kokiri take over some of that work again. (q). Some groups pushing for Māori to be given money and opportunity to deliver services themselves. Comment from TPK chief exec Ngatata Love, June Jackson of Manakau Urban Authority and Maanu Paul, Māori Council. (Tama Muru); live i/v with John Tamihere, Waipareira Trust.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS NORTHERN IRELAND - staunchly Protestant Democratic Unionist Party at forefront of campaign against referendum "yes" vote. I/v deputy leader Peter Robinson. (Mng Rpt) POOL BUG - Cryptosporidium bug found in Gisborne's drinking water but health officials say only those with problems with immune systems will need to take extra precautions. Live i/v with Gisborne's public health unit clinical director, Dr Bruce Duncan. RUGBY - Super 12 semi-finals this weekend. Live i/v with commentators Keith Quinn and John McBeth re their picks in AK Blues vs Otago Highlanders and Canty Crusaders vs Coastal Sharks from South Africa. FRIDAY FEEDBACK OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. (Saudi nurse case;cricket umpire charged with molesting young girls; Pauline Hanson increases support in Q'land; Audi winner kills 2 in accident)