HEADLINES & NEWS
SHOTS FIRED AT FIJI PARLIAMENT, REBELS INJURED
In Fiji, shooting has broken out at the parliamentary complex in Suva and a military unit has munitinied on the island of Vanua Levu only hours after the interim government was sworn in.
Our reporter in Suva John MacDonald says several people were injured when a gunfight erupted between the Fiji military and supporters of coup leader George Speight. John joins me now. LIVE
Joining us now is Fiji Army spokesman Lt Col Filipo Tarakinikini.. LIVE
George Speight's spokesman, Joe Nata joins us now. LIVE
[illegible] us now is Foreign Affairs Minister Phil GOff. LIVE
BUSINESS NEWS with CATHERINE WALBRIDGE
PARLIAMENTARY OBSCENITY CAUSES PROTEST
The Alliance MP Grant Gillon caused a storm of protest in Parliament this afternoon when he asked an obscene question aimed at National's male MPs. National is now calling on the The Alliance leader Jim Anderton to remove Mr Gillon from the position of party whip. Our political editor Al Morrison was in the House at the time and he joins me now. LIVE
5.30 NEWS HEADLINES
SPORT with CHRIS REID
MEAT AND WOOL EARNINGS HIT TEN YEAR HIGH
While business confidence languishes in the doldrums, down on the farm there's every reason for optimism, as meat and wool export earnings hit their best years in a decade. Latest figures from the Meat and Wool Boards' Economic [illegible] says earnings should reach 4-point-billion 8 dollars or around 25 [illegible] of what this country earns from exports. This follows what's described as a top season for meat and wool farmers in the financial year just ended. The Economic Service's director Rob Davison says profits have lifted 50 percent from the drought depresssed low of two years ago. PREREC
REVIEW SAYS EMPHAISIS ART
The Prime Minister, Helen Clark says the national art collection will be given new emphasis at Te Papa following a review of the museum. Miss Clark, who is also the Arts Minister, ordered the review earlier this year following criticism of the way art was displayed at Te Papa which was established in 1998 to incorporate both the National Museum and National Gallery. The Prime Minister herself was accused of being elitist after saying that Te Papa treats art the same way as it treats a used fridge. Joining us now is National Radio's art critic Paul Bushnell. LIVE
Joining us now is the Prime Minister and Arts Minister Helen Clark. LIVE
[illegible] TEENS AND CAR MISSING
The mystery is deepening over the disappearance of three teenagers in Southland. Mark Hill, Richard Kelly, and Karl Wilson, who are all 18, disappeared on Saturday night, and a police search involving a helicopter has found no trace of them. Mark Hill's father, Allan, says the three were at his home on Saturday night to watch the All Black test on TV. He last saw them half an hour before kick-off, when they drove off to buy something to eat. Mr Hill says they, and their car disappeared on the five kilometre drive into Invercargill. AUDIO. Joining us now from the Invercargill Police is Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Haughey PRON HOY: LIVE
NZOGC WANTS ANSWERS
The New Zealand Olympic Committee's incoming president wants the British newspaper the Sunday Mirror to hand over evidence of drug offences by equestrian champion Mark Todd so it can decide if he should remain on the Olympic team. The paper has published what it claims is a photograph of Todd snorting cocaine, two weeks after publishing allegations of the gold medalist's involvment in drug use and gay sex. Elizabeth McLeod reports. PKG
[illegible] NOT ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE?
[illegible]'ve been suggestions at the Gisborne Cervical screening inquiry that retired pathologist Micheal Bottrill may not have been entirely responsible for misread cervical smears.
The Health Funding Authority sent thousands of slides to a Sydney laboratory for checking and the results indicated that three out of four abnomal smears may have been missed.
Our reporter Heugh Chappell is at the inquiry - he joins us now LIVE
KIWI CALL COMMENCES IN KARORI
The Karori Wildlife Trust has released seven Little Spotted Kiwi into its suburban Wellington sanctuary, the first Kiwi to live in the region for more than a hundred years. Department of Conservation staff caught the kiwi on Kapiti Island overnight before transferring them to the Karori Sanctuary where they were released at about one this afternoon. Well over a hundred people gathered to welcome the birds, including Te Atiawa Kaumatua, the Governer General Sir Micheal Hardie Boys, and the Prime Minister, Helen Clark. Our Environment reporter Bryan Crump was also there, and compiled this piece
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