FORTEX: Eighteen hundred workers for South Island meat company Fortex have [illegible] told the worst about their jobs.
RAEWYN REESE-JONES: On the line now is our reporter at today's announcement, Raewyn Reese-Jones....Did Alan Isaac give any indication when and if the plants may re-open under a lease arrangement?
PAULA: Looking at the reaction from the workers....on the line is our report in Ashburton Paula Penfold.
CHECKPOINT VOX: And other workers at the Seafield plant told our reporter [illegible] Penfield how they felt
BRIAN CRUMP: Well our Dunedin reporter Brian Crump's on the line, and he's [illegible] been talking to workers at the company's Mosqiel plant.
FORTEX DAVID: In the studio with new now is our business reporter. David Hargreaves.
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NORTH KOREA ONE: Concern continues about North Korea's nuclear capability... what other countries are prepared to do about it.
NORTH KOREA TWO: Meanwhile, the head of the IAEA has reported to the Securit Council on his inspectors' visit to North Korea's nuclear installations. [illegible] Lessing
TREASURY: An independent inquiry has shown Treasury did not always stick to own rules and sometimes seriously breached them when costing out Labour Part election promises. Janice Rodenburg
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COASTAL SHIPPING: The government's going ahead with a modified version of it controversial open coast policy saying the benefits far outweigh any concern about the move. comments from Ken Plowman, executive director of the New Zealand Shipping Federation, Gerry Evans, Seafarers' Union, and an interview with Transport Minister Maurice Williamson
TERTIARY HEAD: A leaked document from the taskforce which is looking into the future funding of tertiary education suggests that students should pay up to percent of the cost of their education. As a tradeoff it suggests that [illegible] tax could be reduced by up to three percent. Bronwen Evans
[illegible] Māori health got a boost today with the Central Regional Health Author announcing ten new Māori health initiatives costing more than one million dollars. Stephen Parker i/v Murry Burns - Chief Executive RHA
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HEALTH HUI: The Decade in Māori Health Hui finished in Rotorua today with demands from Māori that they should take control of their own health care, [illegible] a call for a Māori health authority to be established by the next century. Kerry Lamont
FALLOON: Pleas from meatworkers union representative for the government to [illegible] save the collapsed Fortex plants failed today.
COOK ISLANDS: Well Cook Islanders have today been casting their votes in the country's elections. Barbara Dreaver
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