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0616 NEWS STORY: BABY/ETHICS - National Women's Hospital goes to High Court today for right to take 8 week old baby off life support. Baby has been in intensive care since being born several weeks premature and doctors believe she will not survive any treatment but her parents hope she will recover and don't want life support removed. Otago Med School Bioethics professor Donald Evans says there's an impasse and courts will have to decide what is best for the baby. (Mng Rpt)
0620 RURAL NEWS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT - report released today by ministerial group, probably heralds changes to Act. Chair Mike Holm says report focusses on practical measures but there's a general conclusion that local councils need to be more accountable in how they apply the Act. (Catherine Harris) CITRUS GROWERS ASSN concerned that cheap Australian fruit imports undercutting domestic prices and costing jobs. NZ Importers' Inst secretary Daniel Silva says under CER NZ and Australia should be seen by growers as one market where most competitive product will be bought by consumer. (Catherine Harris) HOME KILLED MEAT - independent rural butchers joining with Fed Farmers to fight suggested changes to meat safety laws which they say would threaten their livelihoods. Independent rural butchers proposing to become industry sector affiliated to Fed Farmers. Comment from group's interim chair Craig Merritt. (Kevin Ikin) MERINO SHEARING CHAMPION Dion Morrell narrowly misses keeping title for 3rd year, beaten by Barry Taylor by less than 2 points for open title. (Kevin Ikin)
0625 SPORTS STORY RUGBY - live i/v with Keith Quinn about weekend's games in National Provincial Championships.
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0635 NEWS STORY: AUSTRALIA - ELECTION - PM John Howard formally launhes campaign as some opinion polls show Labor edging ahead, although 25% of voters are still undecided 2 weeks out from election. (Zandra Sharpe)
0639 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: FIGURES DUE to be released this week, June quarter current account, overseas trade, and Gross Domestic Product, expected to be generally negative and to confirm economy is in recession. Live i/v with ABN Amro economist Rodney Dickens. FINANCE/MARKETS WEEK AHEAD TOWER/GPG - Tower confident its 400,000 members will approve demutualisation plan but still has to contend with legal battles with unwlecome suitor Guinness Peat Group which want to merge its own fund manager Tyndall Australia with Tower. Comment from Tower's managing director James Boonzaier. (Clare Sziranyi) TAXATION - INTEREST PAYMENT DEDUCTABILITY - IRD releases paper on it, contains series of draft rulings on issues such as deductability of interest on money borrowed to buy back shares or pay dividendes, or pay tax, or pay profits to partners. Live i/v with tax commentator John Shewqn of Pricewaterhouse Coopers. ANSETT AUSTRALIA rejects suggestions that Singapore Airlines is about to buy stake. Ansett chief exec Rod Eddington says priority for Ansett is to make its new commercial alliance with Singapore Airlines and Air NZ work. (AAP)
0700 INTRO/NEWS COMMONWEALTH GAMES - NZ wins 2 gold medals, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes in 2nd to last day and moves into 4th place on medal table. Golds won by Beatrice Faumuina in discus and cyclist Glen Thompson. MALAYSIA - UNREST - extra police patrolling around mansion where Queen is staying in Kuala Lumpur after protestors try to storm nearby residence of PM Mahathir Mohammed. Sacked finance minister Anwar Ibrahim arrested after leading thousands of protestors through streets of KL calling on Dr Mahathir to resign. I/v with correspondent Simon Ingram. (Mng Rpt) BABY/ETHICS - National Women's Hospital today goes to High Court for right to take 8-week old baby off life support. Baby suffers from serious brain abnormality and doctors say there's little hope she will ever be able to speak, see, hear or take care of herself. Comment from National Women's neonatal paediatrician David Knight, parents lawyer Chris Harder, and Otago Medical School's Bioethics Professor Donald Evans. (Sharon Brettkelly) MISSING WOMAN - AK police to release more information on case of Jennifer Federici, whose husband John was found trying to board plane to Australia. John Federici had also been missing, along with couple's 3 year old son Jordan. Jordan was sent in taxi to relatives. Live i/v with reporter Glenda Wakeham. U.S. - CLINTON SCANDAL - testimony given by President Clinton to grand jury last week will be televised tomorrow. Latest polls suggest Mr Clinton's popularity beginning to slide, opponents taking every opportunity to publicly ocndemn him. Live i/v with correspondent Candice Smith. SPECIAL EDUCATION - govt policy again in trouble. Parents and teachers concerned about what will happen when govt disbans around 250 special needs units early next year. From beginning of next year, it will be up to schools to decide whether they keep units open under new staffing and funding formulae. (Gael Woods)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE RUGBY - ALL BLACK COACH John Hart retains his job after all-day NZRFU meeting, must now forge winning World Cup team. He's i/ved live. MURWHENUA ROW - some Far North tribal authorities calling for Muriwhenua runanga to be wound up, following allegations of violence at AGM. Runanga is pan-tribal body which successfully took land claims of Far North Māori to Waitangi Tribunal but ever since, some tribal authorities have said it is a law into itself and no longer represents them. Live i/v with Ngati Kuri trustee Andrew Christie, who voted in favour of passing no confidence motion in runanga; live i/v with runanga spokesperson Shane Jones. MONDAY OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Donna Demaio. (PM John Howard formally launches election campaign)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER BABY/ETHICS - National Women's Hospital applying to make seriously ill baby a ward of court and to stop ventilation, against her parents' wishes. Live i/v with Prof Donald Evans, Otago Med School Bioethics Research Centre. COMMONWEALTH GAMES - Beatrice Faumuina wins discus event and breaks Commonwealth record, cyclist Glen Thompson wins gold. (Barry Guy); weightlifter Darren Liddel wins 3 gold medals -snatch, clean and jerk, and total. He's i/ved. (Mng Rpt) MISSING FISHERMEN - police divers from WN to join search for 3 men missing after fishing boat "Hunter II" sinks off Raglan coast. Live i/v with Sqt Noel Watson. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT - 2 key documents relating to reform process being put on Internet today. Environment minister Simon Upton will comment on them on Wednesday and deliver speech to environmental lawyers on issue on Friday. Simon Upton wants improvements to the Resource management Act but warns reforms won't please everyone. Comment also from David Norton, Canty Univ lecturer in forestry, and Philip Martelli, resource management chief for Western Bay of Plenty council. (Eric Frykberg) RUGBY - ALL BLACK assistant coaches Wayne Smith and Peter Sloane face uncertain future. I/v with NZRFU chair Rob Fisher. (Mng Rpt)
0830 NEWS/SPORTS MāORI FISHING ASSETS - Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission today expected to release new allocation plan, including fish quota, cash, and majority shareholding in Moana pacific Fisheries. Live i/v with Māori Issues correspondent Chris Wikaira. CITRUS GROWERS in Gisborne say cheap Australian fruit imports undercutting domestic prices and costing jobs. NZ Importers' Assn says under CER agreement, NZ and Australian markets should be seen as one and NZ growers simply need to become more competitive. Comment from Trade minister Lockwood Smith, Daniel Silva of Importers' Inst, Rick Curtis of Citrus Growers' Assn, and Clive Kingsbeer, Gisborne grower. (Blair McLaren) CHRISTCHURCH - ACCESS BATTLE - landowner John McKenzie facing court battle with CH City Council over drive-on access to his property, without which he says property is virtually worthless. Council has not provided promised access to property. (Lauren McKenzie) NZER KILLED - Denis Tindall, working for Volunteer Service Abroad in Tanzania, killed while flying 2 people to mission hospital. VSA spokesperson Michael Parker says details of crash still sketchy. SPAIN - BASQUES - PM holds urgent cabinet meeting to decide on response to truce declared by ETA. Live i/v with correspondent Adela Gooch. COMMONWEALTH GAMES - live i/v with NZ chef de mission Less Mills.