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0700 NEWS RESERVE BANK confirms trade-off between interest rates and tax cuts next year. Comment from Finance minister Bill Birch. (Bronwen Evans); live i/v with Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash; live i/v with Labour's Finance spokesman Michael Cullen. SOUTH PACIFIC FORUM unanimously condemns France over nuclear testing programme, threatens to banish France from post-forum dialogue. Comment from Cook islands PM Sir Geoffrey Henry. (Janice Rodenburg)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS BOSNIA - NATO diplomatic sources say Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic agreed in principle to remove heavy guns from Sarajevo but haggling over timing; i/v with UNPROFOR spokesman Lt Col Chris Vernon re whether any signs Serbs moving heavy weapons. (Mng Rpt) ACT NEW ZEALAND unveils plan to provide guidance for the poor, wants to take money currently spent by govt depts and give it to mentor appointed to at-risk family to spend how they see fit. Live i/vs with ACT leader Sir Roger Douglas and WN social policy consultant and lobbyist Rev Charles Waldegrave. RUGBY - All Black Josh Kronfeld not allowed to wear his headgear with anti-nuclear testing message when All Blacks go to France next month. (Stephen Hewson); live i/v with NZRFU chair Richie Guy.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER GREENPEACE sees Mururoa activitiesa as campaigning disaster, Greenpeace International blaming activists at scene who didn't follow instructions, according to "The Guardian" newspaper. (Wayne Brittenden) SCHOOL BUS - Associate Education minister Roger McClay hints at possible solution to argument over future of Rawene school bus in Hokianga. Parents keeping children home today to highlight Education ministry's plans to axe the service. Mr McClay and parents' spokesman Doug Blaikie i/ved live. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES MEDICAL MANSLAUGHTER - govt decides to make it harder for doctors to be prosecuted, after review of law by retired Court of Appeal judge Sir Duncan McMullin. Comment from Justice minister Doug Graham.(Anna Hughes); mixed reaction to proposed law changes. Comment from health campaigner Sandra Coney, Prof Peter Skegg, and Sir Duncan McMullin. (Mark Henderson) COOK ISLANDS TAX INQUIRY looks destined to be back before the courts. European Pacific challenging Commission's authority to question former employees. Live i/v with "National Business Review" editor Frances O'Sullivan. REGIONAL WEATHER
0830 NEWS/SPORTS CAVE CREEK - ambulance officer gives evidence about poor communication services hampering rescue efforts after accident. Live report from Claire Sylvester. WIGRAM AIR FORCE BASE closes after 78 years, with final parade. (Colin McKenzie); up to 400 RNZAF personnel shifted from Wigram to Woodbourne Base in Blenheim. Retailers and tradespeople pleased about new business coming into town. (Kiri Coughlan) U.S. FUGITIVE John Edelman, whom NZ police were trying to prevent leaving NZ, surfaces in Vanuatu. Live i/v with Det Sgt Daryl Brazier about how Edelman got away. AOTEA CENTRE - latest financial report on AK's troubled centre hailed as turn around, has come in $00:00:1:13 million better than forecast. Chief exec Greg Innes comments. (Eileen Cameron) COMMENT WOMEN'S CONFERENCE ends today. Reporter Diana Burns i/ved about how near delegates are to reaching agreement, says 2 major questions still outstanding. (Mng Rpt)