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0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: FIRE SERVICE - ruling from Chief Employment Court Judge Tom Goddard prevents Fire Commission from continuing with current plan to shed 300 firefighters by forcing all 1500 to reapply for their jobs. Judgement also says Commission has not acted as fair and reasonable employer let alone a good or ethical one. Comment from chief exec Jean Martin, Internal Affairs minister Jack Elder and union secretary Derek Best.(Karlum Lattimore)
0620 RURAL NEWS AVERAGE WOOL PRICE pushed to 5 year low, with exchange rate blamed as main offender. Price falls below $4.00 a kilo mark. Fine wool prices hit harder, falling by 8% at yesterday's sales. (Kevin Ikin) CHATHAM ISLANDS WOOL to beused in range of millenium carpets and rugs. Wools of NZ has negotiated contracts with 4 overseas carpet manufacturers to produce carpets under special "First Light" brand, which will use wool exclusively from Chatham Islands. (Kevin Ikin) DEREGULATION - DAIRY - survey of Waikato dairy farmers shows vast majority are opposed to industry deregulation. Menwhile Dairy Boards issues statement saying media reports it's encouraging farmers to drive tractors to Parliament are incorrect and neither is it true it doesn't intend to meet govt's November deadline for presenting future plans. DEREGULATION - Pipfruit Growers of NZ welcomes what it sees as change of govt approach to issue. Deputy their Phil Allison says growers actively support change which will measurable benefits. (Heugh Chappell) FERTILISER - industry says new code of practice will allow farmers to meet commercial producton goals without compromising environment. Code is world first, developed by Fertiliser Manufacturers' Research Assn. Assn chair Jim Pringle says it gives farmers knowledge to farm more cost-effectively and sustainably. (Kevin Ikin) illegible restructuring moves under way with 10-15 staff expected to lose jobs when MAFQual becomes part of SOE MQM Food on November 1st. (Graham McKerracher)
0625 SPORTS STORY RUGBY - live i/v with commentator John McBeth.(weekend's NPC matches)
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0635 NEWS STORY: KOSOVO - NATO secretary general Javier Solana says UN demands have not yet been complied with, less than 48 hours before deadline to avert air strikes expires. Detail of verification mission, which involves deploymentof 2000 observers, is being discussed today in Paris by Contact Group of 6 nations. (BBC)
0639 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS TREATY CLAIMS - Māori lecturer in management responds to comments that some claimants have inflated views of claims. CUSTOMARY FISHING RIGHTS - more delays for North Island customary fishing regulations.
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: BRIERLEY INVESTMENTS/SHAMROCK discusses rescue plan with board of BIL in Singapore for nearly an hour. Board's reactions described as a bit inscrutable but Shamrock's managing director Clifford Miller confident of eventual succeed. (Clare Sziranyi) BRIERLEY INVESTMENTS - CHAIR - ECNZ chair Selwyn Cushing suggested as possible replacement for Sir Roger Douglas when he steps down next month. Mr Cushing confirms he's been approached about chairmanship and says he's not ruling it out. (Clare Sziranyi) FINANCE/MARKETS MARKETS REVIEW U.S. - HEDGE FUNDS - shake up in finance markets laid partly at doorstep of speculative hedge funds, which are widely suspected of having to sell up US investments to over potentially large losses in yen investment. Shaws fund revealed to be in trouble, responsible for Bank of America facing potential losses of $800 million and having to cover exposures of up to $20 billion. Comment from Chicago-based analyst Joe Bianco. WORLD ECONOMY - Reserve Bank deputy governor Murray Sherwin says difficulties have become much more pervasive in last couple of months. He says there's no sign of substantive recovery in Asia in next year and says recent deterioration in Russia and Latin American give more cause for pessimism. (Clare Sziranyi) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS FIRE SERVICE Commission considering option after Employment Court throws out its planned restructuring programme. Court agree with Firefighters' Union there's been insufficient consulation. Live i/v with Internal Affairs minister illegible Elder; live i/v with Sandra Moran, lawyer for Firefighters' Union. MIDEAST PEACE PROCESS - President Clinton opens talks with Israeli PM Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in attempt to break 18-month deadlock. Live i/v with Washington correspondent Martin Kettle. HAND TRANSPLANT - NZer Clint Hallam who underwent ground-breaking surgery in France, where hand and arm of dead donor was surgically attached, says operaton and recovery is a miracle. I/v with Prof Xavier Martin, one of team involved in surgery, re Mr Hallam's progress. (Mng Rpt)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE - Brierley Investments. Live report from Business editor Gyles Beckford. PREMATURE BABIES - paediatricians call for more support and financial assitance for parents of prem babies in order to ensure children are not disadvantaged. Call comes as CH conference of early babies brings together for first time parents and health professionals from across country. (Tania Oolders); live i/v with co-ordinator of CH Hospital neo-natal support group, Bev Wenmouth, whose own prem baby is not coming up to her 6th birthday. KOSOVO - NATO secretary general concerned Serbs have not pulled out of Kosovo to point where refugees will feel safe to return home. 6 nation Contact Group meeting in Paris looking at how to deploy observers, assure aerial surveillance and launch autonomy talks for province's Albanian majority. Live i/v with correspondent Jim Bitteman. CYBER TERRORISM - KOSOVO WEBSITE - Serb hacker in Poland blitzes Kosovo Albanian website based in Switzerland. 180,000 Kosovo Albanians living in Switzerland demanding something be done to restore their news service. Live i/v with Berne correspondent Imogen Foulkes.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER FIRE SERVICE - live i/v with VUW associate professor of Commercial Law, Gordon Anderson, re Employment Court decision. KOSOVO - INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS resumes activities after 10 day break. Orgn suspended field trips after doctor killed and 3 other medical staff injured by landmine. Live i/v with Josue Anselmo, who's assisting with relief convoys. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS OBITUARY - RANIERA RATANA - thousands of mourners paying last respects at Ratana Pa. Live i/v with church secretary Waka Palmer. U.S. - DENVER CULT - relatives searching for as many as 60 members of cult who disappeared with leader who prophesied Denver would be destroyed. Live i/v with Nancy O'Mera, west coast director of Cult Awareness Network. U.. INTEREST RATES - Federal Reserve announces further cut in interest rates. Live i/v with Business editor Gyles Beckford.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS CHINA - HEALTH correspondent Rae Lamb in China with team of international journalists looking at reproductive health programmes, AIDS and HIV prevention work and related issues, says from western point of view, visit is very controlled - i/ved. (Mng Rpt) RUGBY LEAGUE - match tonight between Kiwis and Kangeroos at AK's North Harbour stadium. If Kiwis win, it will be first NZ rugby league team in 45 years to win series against Australian rivals. Live i/v with coach Frank Endacott. WEEKEND WEATHER MOUNTAIN DINNER - group of NZ mountaineers to attempt to set new record for high altitude dining, plans to scale Argentina's Mt Aconcagua in time to greet new millenium and will have formal dinner party on mountain. Live i/v with group member Chris Crosse. FRIDAY FEEDBACK OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Donna Demaio. (brutal murder of high-living Saudi diplomat in Canberra; bad reaction to photos of cricket team members posing with guns on Pakitani/Afghan border; heroin bust)