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0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 NEWS STORY BREAST FEEDING - 1998 study of 400 mothers and their babies headed by Dr Nikki Turner, AK Univ finds breast-feeding rates have dropped. Study authors call for greater support services for mothers. Comment from Dr Turner, Linda Williams of Maternity Services Consumer Council and Barbara Brown of Health Funding Authority. (Kathryn Ryan) BRITAIN - HOUSE OF LORDS - members vote 221-81 to end automatic right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in upper chamber. Stormy scenes as a few peers fight to keep the status quo. (BBC)
0620 RURAL NEWS illegible EXPORTS - U.S. vetoes first step in process of NZ and Australia's asking world Trade Orgn to investigate American tariffs on lamb. NZ and Australia likely to make 2nd request late next month, when US won't be permitted to exercise 2nd veto. (Diana Leufkens) AGRICULTURAL PILOTS - most are currently in Marlborough qualifying to continue applying agrichemicals. John Maber, consultant to Agrichemical Education Trust, says pilots now required to renew their licences every 3 years to ensure they keep up with law changes and other developments affecting use of agrichemicals. (Kevin Ikin) WEST COAST SUMMER - farmers on South Island's West Coast looking forward to record Summer. But in North Island, Massey Univ geographer Richard Heerdegen says rainfall figures for last 30 days don't bode well for a good Summer. (Diana Leufkens) FOREST RESEARCH Inst blames Asian downturn for lower than expected profit of $1.1 million, $400,000 less than targeted. Chief exec Bryce Hears says downtunr caused some major clients to withdraw research and development investment, while bidding round with Fndn for Research, Science and Technology also left Inst with reduced revenue. (Diana Leufkens)
0625 SPORTS STORY U.S. SPORTS - live i/v with Paul Witteman, "Sports Illustrated", (death of illegible Payne Stewart; basketball season starts)
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0635 NEWS STORY EAST TIMOR - REFUGEES returning to Oecussi enclave as Interfet troops work to secure area. Almost all buildings have been destroyed and place was deserted when troops arrived last week. (BBC) INTERNATIONAL PAPERS MANA MāORI TRAFFIC REPORT
0648 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS AIR NZ defends its shareholding, implying it still constitutes "local ownership". Concerns centre on Brierley Investments 47% stake, given that BIL is soon to move to Singapore and is itself 70% foreign owned. Issue stirred debate at Air NZ annual general meeting. Proposed large increase in Air NZ's directors' fees also stirs passions at meeting. (Helen Matterson) HOLIDAYS ACT burdening employers with extra costs according to survey commissioned by law firm Simpson Grierson. Survey finds more than half respondents have difficulties calculating pay for annual leave and large firms with shift workers have most problems. Most say they need outside help to apply or interpret Act. Simpson Grierson Don MacKinnon says costs add up. (Helen Matterson) FINANCE/MARKETS MARKET REVIEW LION NATHAN brewing group reports full year result tomorrow with expectations it will improve earnings all round. Company expected to write down value of its Australian Pepso Cola franchise by $30 million or so. Chinese operations expected to return more losses but investors will be looking for signs of progress in salesin competitive market. (Gyles Beckford) MOTOR RACING INVESTMENT- appearance of Deutsche Bank's Morgan Grenfell investment bank in Formula One motorsport raises a few eyebrows. Morgan Grenfell teams up with Italian investors to buy up half of company operating Formula One from current owner Bernie Ecclestone for around $2.5 billion. BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS BREAST FEEDING - substantial drop in number of women breastfeeding their babies identified in AK Univ study. Report says changes to postnatal services and discharging healthy new mothers from hospital after only 48 hours may have contributed to trend. Live i/v with research team leader Dr Nikki Turner and illegible national nursing advisor Angela Baldwin. CAMPAIGN DEBATE - leaders of 5 main political parties take part in first major debate of election campaign on TV-3. Political editor Al Morrison i/ved live about the debate and the performances, with audio of Labour's Helen Clark, NZ First's Winston Peters, PM Jenny Shipley, ACT's Richard Prebble and Alliance leader Jim Anderton. ARMENIA - ASSASSINATION - PM killed during shooting incident in parliament buildings, along with 7 other leading MPs. Gunmen burst into parliament and opened fire during a debate. I/v with Russian correspondent Charles Maynes. (Mng Rpt)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER NZ PAPERS TRAFFIC REPORT FINANCE UPDATE INTERNATIONAL PAPERS DUMPED CHEQUES - cheques, processed by WestpacTrust for Telecom, found still in envelopes at CH dump. About 200 cheques mistakenly sent to dump, WestpacTrust apologises and Telecom says it will monitor customers' accounts and if anyone illegible to be behind in payment, they'll be asked for another cheque. Live i/v with WestpacTrust spokesperson Jane Anderson. HOLIDAYS ACT - widespread support for overhaul of ACT. Report by employment law specialists Simpson Grierson says more than half 662 employers surveyed want changes. Comment from Philippa Muir and Don MacKinnon of Simpson Grierson, CTUY economist Peter Harris, Alasdair Thompson of Employers and Manufacturers' Assn, and Enterprise and Commerce minister Max Bradford. (Eileen Cameron) ELECTIONS - POLICE - LABOUR plans to bring in trained volunteers to patrol streets with police officers in rural areas. Police spokesman George Hawkins says volunteers would be trained as extra pair of eyes and may help to prevent attacks on officers, but Police minister Clem Simich says they would be put at risk. Live i/v with Police Assn president Greg O'Connor re whole policy. AMERICAS CUP - controversial decisions by challenger series race committee overturned by regatta's international jury. 2 races will be re-sailed today, following chaotic day off AK in strong winds which featured series of one-boat races and refusals by other boats to even start. Live i/v with correspondent Penny Whiting. BRITAIN - HOUSE OF LORDS - hundreds of peers pack upper chamber to take part in 3rd reading of House of Lords Bill which ends centuries of tradition. Correspondent Alistair Wanklyn says some peers went down fighting - he's i/ved. (Mng Rpt)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER BREAST FEEDING - changes to maternity services funding in mid-90s and policy of having healthy mothers leave hospital 2 days after giving birth seen as possible reasons for downward trend in breast feeding. Live i/v with Linda Williams, co-ordinator of Maternity Services Consumer Council. ARMENIA - ASSASSINATION of PM and storming of parliament only another incident in turbulent post-Soviet history of tiny republic and may be related to progress in 11 year old dispute with Azerbaijan over the Karabakh region. Live i/v with former Soviet diplomat and AK Univ political scientist Dr Reuben Azizian. NURSES STRIKE at 4 Canty hospitals. About 300 women's and public health nurses stop work twice yesterday and again for 2 hours early this morning. Union predicts more action. Live i/v with CH reporter John Macdonald. FALSE DOCUMENTS - controversial citizenship ceremony planned today at Waitangi marae by Confedn of Chiefs of the United Tribes called off. Confedn a small group, claims authority under 1835 declaration of independence and has been issuing so-called Confedn passports to Pacific Islanders. Pacific Island community leaders tell hui many of their people have paid hundreds of dollars for the documents, believing they would then be allowed to stay in NZ. Ngapuhi elders say Confedn shouls repay all the money and refuse to sanction the illegible ceremony. Live i/v with Eru Manukau, Confedn, and Kingi Taurua, chair of Waitangi marae and member of Ngapuhi council of elders. CREDIT RISKS - credit check agency Baycorp now rating more than 22% of people as bad risks, increase of 3% on this time last year. It bases figures on around million checks done in first 6 months of year, they show NZ has higher rate of credit problems than Australia and US. Live i/v with Baycorp's general manager of group strategy Paul Stewart. TRAFFIC REPORT
0830 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS SMOKING DROP - new figures prepared for Health ministry show NZers smoking less, amount of tobacco sold between 1990 and end of 1998 drops 34%. Biggest drop in sale of manufactured cigarettes, down 42%. Most reduction due to smokers cutting daily consumption. Live i/v with ministry's tobacco policy analyst Matthew Allen. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS AMERICAS CUP - BIRDS - DoC worried Americas Cup spectators will put at risk threatened and endangered bird life. Many Hauraki Gulf islands are home to protected species and DoC fears huge number of spectators in area could cause illegible problems. (Mary-Jane Aggett) CENTRAL OTAGO VINEYARDS - number triples in last 4 years, according to Central Otago Winegrowers' Assn figures. Commercial winemaking may never have happened in region if not for a few people. (Graham McKerracher) KOREAN WAR - U.S. Defence Dept team travelling to South Korea to investigate reports American soldiers killed hundreds of civilians in Koran War in early 1950s. USrmy says it's already conducted review of documents but didn't find any evidence of massacre. Seoul correspondent Andrew Wood says the evidence seems to be mounting though - i/ved. (Mng Rpt) FRUIT AND VEG REPORT with Jack Forsythe.