Residents of the South Auckland community of Manurewa are upset at police plans to get them to patrol their own streets. Police say they need the citizen crime patrols because officers can't cope with the rising crime rate. PACKAGE FROM Eileen Cameron.
LIVE IV RESPONDING WITH Police Minister Jack Elder
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This afternoon, the Minister of Education Wyatt Creech announced measures to lift the performance of South Auckland's failing schools. PACKAGE BY Education correspondent Al Morrison
IV WITH Charmaine Poutney head of Hillary College in South Auckland on package.
The head of the southern cardiothoracic Institute says his patience is running out over the delays to the Christchurch cardiac unit - and hopes its decision to take the issue to the courts will speed things up. PACKAGE FROM Karen Gregory-Hunt.
A successful climb to the top of the world. A party led by Wanaka climber Guy Cotter has reached the summit of Mount Everest - it includes Tashi Tensing, the grandson of Tensing Norgay, who conquered the mountain with Sir Edmund Hillary. [illegible] IV with a member of the expedition Dave Fernleigh from Everest base camp.
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The Wellington region's local authorities have stopped short of following the Kapiti Coast District Council's lead in banning pitbull terriers. A meeting of the region's mayors and MPs, chaired by Kapiti mayor Brett Ambler, was held today to consider the changes. LIVE IV WITH Brett Ambler
There's concern in the Pacific over plans by the Marshall Islands to use some of its atolls to store nuclear waste. PACKAGE FROM Radio New Zealand Internationals' Bruce Hill.
Afganistan's fundatmentalist rulers, the Taleban, are not as bad as they're portrayed in the Western media according to the deputy head of an International Red Cross team based in Kabul. IV WITH Dr Thomas Gurtner
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Computer problems associated with the year 2000 will cost New Zealand 330 million dollars, lost in tax revenue as businesses spend a billion dollars to put the problems right. PACKAGE FROM Mark Henderson
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In the High Court in Whangarei, the jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a northland man charged with murdering an intruder. LIVE IV WITH our reporter Lois Williams