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0700 NEWS WAITANGI CLAIMS - national hui planned to mark end of regional fiscal envelope consultations may be abandoned. Govt considering replacing it with meeting hosted by Sir Hepi Te Heu Heu. Comment from Treaty Negotiations minister Doug Graham and Wira Gardiner, Te Puni Kokiri chief exec. (Marie Hosking) WANGANUI - widely expected that council about to take action against Māori establishing marae on Moutoa Gardens. Activist Ken Mair says Māori simply on their own land and building will not be coming down. (Lisa Owen); live i/v with Wanganui mayor Chas Poynter. ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS in Marlborough say they won't be able to do needed operations because funding from Central RHA has run out, warn that viability of orthopaedic service as whole must be called into question. Live i/v with surgeon Rod Maxwell; live i/v with contracts manager for Central RHA, Stuart McDonald. PHONE NUMBERS - residents of new AK suburb of Golflands upset at having same phone number prefix as Otara. I/v with Otara MP Philip Field. (Mng Rpt)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS COOK ISLANDS - one forged copy of letter of guarantee emerges, fears there might be more. Live i/v with Economics correspondent Bronwen Evans. EUROPEAN UNION considering sanctions against Canada in retaliation for seizure of Spanish trawler in international waters. Captain charged with illegal fishing and released on bail. Live i/v with Brussels correspondent John Fraser. PHONE NUMBERS - Golfland resident Irene Kingford says real estate agent has told her because her property has same phone rprefix as Otara it's dropped in value by $15,000. She's i/ved live. ASPAC/PAPERS
0800 NEWS/WEATHER COURT TELEVISED - AK man to make NZ television and legal history today when his appearance in court on disqualified driving and breach of bail charges will be first court case in NZ to be televised, by TV3. (Karlum Lattimore); live i/v with TV3 News head Mark Jennings about the coverage and whether code of practice is workable. SECONDARY SCHOOLS - trouble brewing over proposals to change way schools are staffed and resourced. Govt to announce report expected to proposed system that will mean 800 new teachers, 100 of them in secondary school, and bulk funding only if schools want it. PPTA against proposals. Principal of a bulk-funded school, Phil Raffills of Avondale College disagrees with PPTA. (Adam Hollingworth) ACC criticised for spending milions of dollars on advertising in past year. Labour spokesperson Paul Swain uses figures from AGB McNair study which show estimated expenditure to be $00:00:3:6 million. Comment also from Ross Wilson, illegible on Accident Compensation. illegible illegible illegible illegible spokesperson Fred Cockram, who says figures are illegible REGIONAL NEWS MURDER APPEAL - Gaye Oakes appealing life sentence after being found guilty of murdering former partner Douglas Gardner whose body was found buried in the couple's backyard. (Kiri Coughlan) KIM HILL PREVIEW
0830 NEWS/SPORTS DEPO-PROVERA -NZ-based study clears contraceptive drug from any link to increased rates of breast cancer. Live i/v with Prof David Skegg, Otago Medical School, one of the authors of report on study's findings. TELECOM dismisses claims its phone system is not reliable and its maintenance levels aren't up to scratch as claimed by Consumers Inst chief exec following recent problems in Wn and AK. Comment from Telecom spokesperson Clive Litt and Don Hollander, Telecommunications Users Assn. (Stephen Hewson) CANADA denounces European Union's decision to break off all normal contacts until it releases Spanish trawler seized in international waters. Live i/v with CBC correspondent Julie Van Dusen. COMMENT illegible J SIMPSON - expected to be more drama in trial today, with defence attorneys preparing to cross-examine detective accused of possibly framing innocent man. Live i/v with Los Angeles correspondent Kirsty McIvor.