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0700 NEWS HAITI - police use guns and batons to break up protests by people supporting exiled president Jean Bertrand Aristide. US troops refuse to become involved when Haitian police beat protestors. I/v with correspondent Bernard Diedrich. (Mng Rpt) HAITI - President Clinton stress mahor US forces will be out of Haiti in few months and will be supplemented by UN forces. (Connie Lawn) HAITI - four NZ Army officers have already left for UN mission in Haiti, joining advance UN eam of military observers to oversee restoration of deposed govt. Comment from Foreign minister Don McKinnon. (Stephen Parker) RABAUL - PNG's National Disaster and Emergency Service in Port Moresby confirms Rabaul harbour has been filled in by huge lava flow. I/v with Service director Leith Mills. (Martin Gibson) RNZAF HERCULES relief team arrives back from Rwanda, says it has not been asked to go on another supply mission for Rwandan refugee camps as situation begins to ease. (Eileen Cameron) SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE director Charles Sturt says even if he's wrong about Cook Islands tax case, that does not make him incompetent, tells parliamentary select c'ttee that commission on enquiry will back his finding there's no fraud involved in "wine box" affair. (Peter Fowler) CHLOE REEVES, of "Heartland" fame, launches her first recording.
0729 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORT HEALTH REFORMS - Health minister Jenny Shipley says media more to blame for drop in doctor usage than reforms, unhappy about some reports of research into GP visits. (Leigh Parker) SMOKING - anti smoking groups call for govt to take tougher stance, in light of international report showing one in two smokers will die from habit and about half a billion of world's population will eventually be killed by tobacco. Comment from Dr Boyd Swinburne, Heart Fndn, and Cancer Society spokesperson Sarah Thomson. (Leigh Parker) ASPAC/PAPERS EUROPEAN UNION officials preparing to introduce new rules on how straight a banana has to be. (John Fraser)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER HAITI - at least one person killed by police in demonstrations supporting Jean Bertrand Aristide while US officials keep aloof. Incident leaves Haitians confused about US role. I/v with correspondent Bernard Diedrich. (Mng Rpt) SOUTH AFRICA - major rift in Zulu nation after King Goodwill Zwelithini dismissies Chief Buthelezi as chief advisor, following storming of palace by Inkatha followers and stoning of President Mandela's helicopter. Live i/v with correspondent Anthony Johnson. NEW ZEALAND ON AIR presents 5th annual report. Chair Merv Norrish says it shows how far b'casting has come since implementation of 1989 Broadcasting Act - he's i/ved live. LABOUR TAX POLICY - future plans on income tax being kept under wraps despite reports of plans for tax hike for high income earners. Finance spokesperson Michael Cullen won't be drawn on tax and economic policy. (Kathryn Street)
0825 REGIONAL WRAP
0830 NEWS/SPORT AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES rage across eastern NSW and Queensland for second day. Sydney correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes backgrounds the bushfire problem. WEDDEL -consortium of North Island meat companies confident of success in bid to buy Weddel assets. Comment from consortium spokesperson Brian Chamberlin and receiver Alan Isaac. (Stephen Parker) COOK STRAIT CABLE - Fedn of Commercial Fishermen says it can't do much to illegible fishing trawlers damaging electricity calbes running across seabed. President Roger Bartlett says it's up to Transppower to police the "no go" zones. (Mark Torley) SOLAR SYSTEM - the 10th planet, so-called Planet X, is not there, according to NZ astronomer and professor of Planetary Science at California Inst of Technology in Pasadena, David Stevenson. He's i/ved live. COMMENT NIGERIA - i/v with correspondent Janet Anderson about whether country still being run by General Sani Abacha and the army, following nationwide strikes demanding release of detained politician Mashoud Abiola and his installation as president.