Side one.
0700
00:00:50 NEWS with Peter Fry
00:05:45 WEATHER
0706 NEWS with Geoff Robinson and Fred Cockram
00:06:09 TRADE – the Minister of Overseas Trade, Mike Moore, has welcomed a motion tabled in British parliament seeking continued access for New Zealand primary produce at current levels. Keith Chalkley interviews Alf Morris, British Labour MP.
0709
00:08:57 AMNESTY – Auckland Tongan lawyer, Clive Edwards, says there is panic and confusion among overstayers because of misunderstanding about a 3-month amnesty, which started in November. Makerita Urale reporting from Auckland.
0712
00:11:35 VIETNAM WAR – following their visit to Vietnam, two United States Congressman says agreements have been reached to allow children fathered by American servicemen during the Vietnam war to go the United States. Peter Nettleship reporting from Vietnam.
0713
00:12:51 FIJI - Fiji's Prime Minister (Kamisese Mara) has assured the South Pacific nations that his administration is seeking to return to parliamentary democracy hopefully within 2 years. In India, there is growing disenchantment the way Fijian-Indians have apparently accepted the upending of the democratically elected government without any great sign of protest. Raja Gupta reporting from New Delhi.
0715
00:15:14 NEWS with Geoff Robinson and Fred Cockram
00:15:39 WEATHER
0718
00:18:06 CHARTER CORPORATION - Wellington based investment company, Charter Corporation, is in serious financial difficulties and have asked its biggest shareholder to point a receiver. Grant Woolliams reporting.
00:20:46 PETROCORP - Commerce Commission in a preliminary report says plans by Brierley Investments to buy the State’s remaining 70 percent share in Petrocorp would enable the company to dominate the gas industry. Owen Gill interviews Paul Collins, Chief Executive of Brierley Investments.
0725
00:24:06 RACISM – Trade Unionist, Chris Trotter, who is on the Otago Regional Employment and Access Council, has resigned in protest over the way the access programme is being run. Chris Trotter has accessed the Labour Department of institutional racism. Chris Trotter is interviewed.
0726
00:26:09 AUCKLAND AIRPORT – the row between the government and the Auckland regional authority over the corporatisation of Auckland airport has blown up again. Paul Patrick reporting from Auckland.
0729
00:28:31 QANTAS – the Australian airline Qantas has come down heavily on cabin crews greeting boarding passengers with a colloquial "Gidday Mate". John Stewart reporting from Sydney.
0730
00:29:24 NEWS with Peter Fry
00:34:32 WEATHER
00:34:49 SPORT
0740
00:39:32 ANZUS – American Ambassador, Paul Cleveland, has not completely ruled out the possibility of some American repercussions for New Zealand trade as a result of the ANZUS impasse. Lualemana Tino Pereira interviews Paul Cleveland.
0743
00:42:42 HEART TRANSPLANT – Adrienne Mackwell, from Christchurch, who has returned home yesterday after a successful heart transplant operation in Sydney last November, strongly supports the continuation of the transplant programme in Auckland. Peter Brittenden interviews Adrienne Mackwell from Christchurch.
0745
00:44:46 NEWSPAPERS
(audio cuts)
Side two.
00:00:00 NEWSPAPERS - continued
0749
00:03:32 PETROL – the New Zealand Refining Company says the recent refinery expansions have not altered the quality of petrol produced by the Marsden Point Refinery. Rory Newsam reporting.
0753
00:07:25 FIRE BRIGADE – the South Island Fire Brigade Union has produced its own guidelines for firefighters dealing with hazardous substances because it says the authorities are not moving fast enough on the issue. Rory Newsam interviews Barry Dent, Southern Firefighters Union Secretary.
0755
00:09:13 MALCOLM – the Chairman of the University’s Vice Chancellor Committee, Dr Wilf Malcolm, says indications are there will be another big jump in students wanting to go to university this year and the government must urgently decide what its going to do about it. Janice Rodenburg interviews Dr Wilf Malcolm.
0758
00:11:52 ART GALLERY – the Chairman of the National Art Gallery Board of Trustees, Hamish Keith, says the government is going to have to start paying more realistically towards the gallery’s running costs. Debbie Gee interviews Hamish Keith.
0800
(audio cuts)
00:14:39 NEWS with Peter Fry
1205
00:19:33 NEWS with Hewitt Humphrey
1217
00:30:43 SPORT
0723
00:37:17 NEWS with Hewitt Humphrey
00:41:28 STOCK MARKET
1230
00:43:44 NEWS with Peter Fry