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0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 NEWS STORY INDONESIA - GOVERNMENT - President Wahib forms "govt of national unity", gives jobs to representatives of all main parties and reduces role of military. Gen Wiranti shifted out of Defence minister's job and post given to a civilian. (BBC) FIREWORKS go on sale today for 10 days leading up to Guy Fawkes Night. National Rural Fire Authority concerned some stores are encouraging shoppers to stockpile fireworks for millennium celebrations and warns hot dry Summer could make that dangerous. (Chris Holm) COASTAL SHIPPING DISPUTE - officers and engineers from Pacific Shipping threatening to strike over plans to replace them with agency staff. Unions involved claim Pacifica has virtually locked members out, but company says move is legitimate and necessary to stay afloat in highly competitive local shipping industry. (Catherine Harris)
0620 RURAL NEWS NEW APPLE VARIETY - field tests underway for Sci-Fresh, or T273, variety that promises to help keep NZ ahead of competitors. HortResearch describes it as freshest, crispiest apple in world. (Kevin Ikin) STOCK HEALTH - farmers will have to start filling in declaration forms from end of year if they want animals processed at meat works. Meat Industry Standards Council was working on declaration that would apply throughout country but that plan won't proceed because some meat companies run their own quality assurance programmes weren't happy with standardised approach. (Kevin Ikin) RURAL DOCTORS - Waimakariri District mayor, Janice Skurr, says overwork faced by doctors in her own town of Oxford is putting people's health in jeopardy. After hours medical services have been unavailable for about a month, town's two doctors unable to get locum while one was ill and the other is burned out. (Diana Leufkens) FOREST RESEARCH Inst releases annual report, shows lower than expected profit, illegible because of Asian crisis. CRI's chief exec Bryce Heard says Asian economic downturn causes some major commercial clients to withdraw research and development investment. (Diana Leufkens)
0625 SPORTS STORY RUGBY WORLD CUP - AUSTRALIA looking to a few key players with semi-finals coming up. One is first five-eighth Stephen Larkham. I/v with correspondent Tim Gavel.
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0635 NEWS STORY ASIA - AIDS - ignorance about virus being discussed at major conference in Malaysia. Rapid spread of AIDS and HIV in Asia alarming health experts. (BBC) INTERNATIONAL PAPERS MANA MāORI ELECTION - MāORI VOTE - Tuariki Delamere forms coalition of 3 Māori parties. Te Tewharau, Mana Māori and Piri Wiri Tua Movement will issue combined list of candidates under Mana Māori name. Comment also from Tame Iti. TRAFFIC REPORT
0648 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS INFLATION - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - figures for September quarter will be inflated by one-off price rises, according to economists. They warn that, even taking these into account, the period of low inflation is over. Comment from WestpacTrust chief economist Bevan Graham. (Helen Matterson) BAYCORP HOLDINGS intends staying NZ company despite growing Australian shareholding. Managing director Keith McLaughlin admits there's strong interest in company from across Tasman but says Baycorp not about to forget its roots. (Helen Matterson) FINANCE/MARKETS MARKET REVIEW U.S. - DOW JONES INDEX has first radical shake-up in years, sees four of venerable bricks and mortar companies replaced with companies representing new face of US economy. New entrants are Microsoft, Intel, Home depot and C Communications. Real break with tradition is that Intel and Microsoft are not members of New York Stock Exchange, but the Nasdaq. MANAGED FUNDS SURVEY shows investors with interests in unhedged overseas investments have benefitted from falling NZ dollar. Mercer Investment Consulting survey says those investors with overseas assets not hedged back to NZ dollar made gains from its depreciation against other currencies. (Helen Matterson) BUSINESS BRIEFS illegible INTRO/NEWS INCIS - out of court settlement between govt and IBM over IBM's abandonment of project. Govt now setting up Commission of Inquiry into person or persons responsible for the multi-million dollar problems besetting the project. Labour's Police spokesman George Hawkins says inquiry is blatant electioneering; IBM's Asia-pacific spokesman Fred McNeese says settlement is win for both sides - i/ved. (Mng Rpt); live i/v with Finance minister Sir Wm Birch. INDONESIA - GOVERNMENT - President Wahid picks outspoken economist as chief economist minister, move pleases financial markets. President also invites East Timorese independence leader Xanana Gusmao to Jakarta to meet Indonesia's new leaders. I/v with correspondent Mark Bowling. (Mng Rpt) NURSES STRIKE - about 300 nurses at several CH hospitals holding rolling strikes today, forcing postponement of some elective surgery and caesarian births. Women's and public health nursing staff at CH Women's, Lincoln, Lyndhurst and Rangiora hospitals want 4% pay rise over 2 and half years, deal that general nursing staff have struck with employers. Live i/v with Chris Wilson, Canty organiser of NZ Nurses Orgn; live i/v with Jim McGee, general manager of CH Women's Hospital. illegible BOOKING SYSTEM - Harvard Medical School profesor of Public Health says safeguards needed to ensure system is fairer than old hospital waiting lists. Prof Ichiro Kawachi says there must be regular audits of who gets treated under the system and Health Funding Authority must publicly reveal number of people who qualify for treatment but who miss out due to inadequate funding. Live i/v with Health correspondent Rae Lamb.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER NZ PAPERS TRAFFIC REPORT FINANCE UPDATE BRITAIN - FRENCH MEAT - govt under heavy pressure to ban French meat after revelations that livestock there fed on human sewage. Issue of British beef and row over French farming methods threatening to escalate into dangerous trade war. Live i/v with correspondent Paul Chapman. OTAGO POLYTECH DISPUTE - teaching staff expected to strike for rest of day following stopwork meeting this morning to protest breakdown in salary negotiations. Collective contract staff seeking 2% rise in line with increases at other polytechs but Otago management says it wants to introduce more flexible working hours and performance bonuses rather than continue with across-board payments. Live report from Graham McKerracher. U.S. - GOLF CHAMPION CRASH - golf champion Payne Stewart and at least 4 other people died when their Lear jet crashed after hurtling pilotless for 2.240 kms across US. National Transportation Safety Board investigating. I/v with correspondent Robin Brandt. (Mng Rpt) INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
0800 NEWS/WEATHER INCIS - Police Assn says Commission of Inquiry into computer project will finally establish those responsible for the problems. Live i/v with president Greg O'Connor. SURGERY BOOKING SYSTEM - report into system by Harvard Public Health professor Ichiro Kawachi says system is improvement on old waiting listsnut safeguards needed to ensure patients treated fairuly and Health Funding Authority must reveal number of people who qualify for treatment but miss out due to inadequate funding. Live i/v with South Auckland Health chief exec David Clarke. EAST TIMOR - REFUGEES - militia controlling passage of refugees across West Timor border, drawing up lists of those who can leaves camps, according to UN workers. James Addis, World Vision, says for those who do leave, journey back to East Timor is pretty horrific - i/ved. (Mng Rpt) EATING DISORDERS - AK health professionals say people with anorexia and bulimia illegible missing out on treatment because of shortage of public funding. AK Healthcare manager of specialist services, Eileen Swan, says region's eating disorders clinic is under-staffed and can't keep up with demand for services. (Kathryn Ryan) CHECHNYA - MURDER REWARD - Russian govt reported to have offered $1 million reward for murder of Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev. I/v with correspondent Charles Maynes. (Mng Rpt) READING RECOVERY - questions raised about programme used in NZ schools for more than 20 yeares. Massey Univ researchers say they found children's self-esteem declines while on programme and afterwards and they tend to have behavioural problems in classroom. Study indicates programme puts too little emphasis on teaching how to link words and sounds. Live i/v with researcher Prof James Chapman and Dr Barbara Watson, national director of reading recovery programme. TRAFFIC REPORT
0830 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NEANDERTHAL MAN - US anthropologists discover that Neanderthals, once portrayed as grunting, primitive cavemen, in fact lived alongside and probably interbred with modern humans. Previously it was believed they died out 34,000 years ago and were replaced by modern homo sapiens. Live i/v with anthropologist Fred illegible Northern Illinois Univ. PIHA DROWNINGS - AK Regional Council plans steps to help stop further drownings at Piha beach. 3 people drowned there over weekend and locals and beach users say there's lack of signs warning people of dangers of the beach. (Eileen Cameron) MILLENNIUM FIREWORKS - National Rural Fire Authority warns against keeping fireworks for use over millennium celebrations, at height of Summer fire season. Live i/v with National Rural Fire Officer Murray Dudfield. CHRISTCHURCH - INNER CITY LIVING - CH City Council wants to see another 20,000 people living in central city. Mayor Garry Moore says there are empty buildings that need filling and is promoting development of inner city apartments. (John MacDonald) INDIA - TRUCKERS STRIKE - more than 2 million truck drivers go on indefinite strike to protest against big increase in govt-controlled diesel prices. Coffee exports hit by strike and there have been localised outbreaks of panic buying. I/v with correspondent Ranjan Gupta. PRESENTERS: Sean Plunket Geoff Robinson