Side one.
0700
00:00:29 NEWS with Peter Fry
00:05:22 WEATHER
0706 NEWS with Maggie Barry
00:05:41 STRIKE – the Electricorp (Electricity Corporation of New Zealand) workers’ strike and hundred of thousands of North Island homes can expect to be without normal power supplies for anytime now. The Public Service Association (PSA) went ahead with its plan to 24-hour shutdown of the North Island’s 8 power stations from midnight last night. Maggie Barry interviews Dave Frow, Electricorp General Manager of Production, calling from Auckland. Maggie Barry interviews Fergus Foster, Managing Engineer for Distribution with the Auckland Electric Power Board.
0717
00:16:24 WEATHER
0720
00:19:58 CYCLONE ANNE – is now moving onto New Caledonia. Forecasters say the storm should bypass the capital Nouméa, although the nearby loyalty islands are on the cyclone’s path. Brent Procter reporting.
0721
00:21:08 WESTPAC – growing concern among people who have paid into Westpac’s superannuation schemes have prompted the bank to comment publicly on what has happened to their customer’s funds. Owen Gill reporting.
0724
00:23:15 ISRAEL – has given the United Nations (UN) it’s sharpen snub in years. The army has denied the UN Under-Secretary-General access to Palestinian refugee camps in Gaza, where fighting has now caused deaths and injuries for the past 5 weeks. Asher Wallfish reporting from Jerusalem.
0726
00:25:27 ELECTRICORP – as the effects of today’s industrial action by Electricorp workers at North Island thermal stations begins to increase, the chairman of the Auckland Electric Power Board, John Collinge, says this is a good example of why the Board is considering its own electricity plant. Henry Grant reporting from Auckland.
0727
00:26:48 Guest Presenter Series, with Brian Priestley (Media Commentator and Journalist).
0730
00:29:33 NEWS with Peter Fry
00:34:44 WEATHER
0735
00:35:04 SPORT
0740
00:39:17 ABORTION – another pressure group has entered the current abortion debate, the Women’s National Abortion Action Campaign (WONAAC) recently announced that a female MP is considering sponsoring a bill to liberalise the abortion laws and that has resulted in a new round of campaigning. The latest salvo comes from the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC), who’s Vice President Pauline Nidd is questioning the impartiality of the Abortion Supervisory Committee, which administers the prohibitions of illegal abortions. Janice Rodenburg reporting.
0743
00:42:33 COALCORP – Coal Corporation (Coalcorp) executives has travelled to the West Coast of the South Island in a bid to end rumours about the inanimate closure, or scaling down, of the Strongman mine. Tony Mangan, President of the Runanga Miners Union, says the meeting will hopefully relieve the worries that have been nagging many of the workforce.
0745
00:44:09 NEWS with Maggie Barry
00:44:51 NEWSPAPERS
Side two.
00:00:00 NEWSPAPERS - continued
0750
00:04:16 HYDRO POWER – it is reported that an off-shore consortium is investigating another large energy-intensive processing plant in the South Island to tap into New Zealand’s growling surplus of hydro power. Rory Newsam reporting.
0752
00:05:50 BRIAN ELWOOD – Local Government Commissioner Brian Elwood says there is an urgent need for central government to hand many of its responsibilities to the community. Brian Elwood is interviewed.
0754
00:07:25 FORTEX – the Fortex Meat Workers Plant near Ashburton has begun its controversial double slaughter shifts after 6 months of protracted negotiations between the company and the Meat Workers Union. Jill Gallop reporting from Christchurch.
0755
00:09:08 OIL SPILL – a court in Chicago has awarded damages equivalent to $132 million New Zealand dollars to French towns and businesses, which were casualties of a maritime catastrophe in March 1978. John Starr reporting from Paris.
00:11:26 BALTIC SEA - Sweden and the Soviet Union have settled a long-running dispute over territorial rights to part of the Baltic Sea. Roger Wallace reporting from Stockholm.
0759
00:12:44 WINE – the cork has been pulled on a very expensive bottle of wine, in fact the most expensive ever produced in New Zealand, the 5-litre bottle of 1985 Antipodean, produced near Warkworth sold at auction in Auckland recently for five thousand and one hundred dollars. Mike Griffin interviewing Jancis Robinson, British Wine Critic.
0800
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1200
00:14:00 NEWS with Peter Fry
00:19:11 WEATHER
1205
00:19:37 MUSIC
1222
00:35:35 SPORT
00:41:16 STOCK MARKET
1230
00:43:31 NEWS with Peter Fry