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0650 Business and financial news. David Jones
0700 NEWS BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy/mad cow disease) - Britain considering possibility of slaughtering entire national cattle herd as experts say there could be epidemic of human equivalent of disease in years ahead. (Keith Chalkley) illegible - urgent meeting of NZ's Agricultural Security Committee illegible following warning that BSE could be transmitted to humans in form of Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease. Live i/v with Rurals reporter Kevin Ikin re reaction in NZ. COOK ISLANDS PM Sir Geoffrey Henry announces economic restructuring package he says will end financial crisis. Critical reaction to his television address announcing privatisation measures and introduction of user-pays. Comment from "Cook Islands Press" journalist Jason Brown. (Stephen Parker); live i/v with Foreign Affairs minister Don McKinnon. ECONOMY - following Reserve Bank's forecast, opposition politicians and exporters say country is sliding into another recession and it's time for govt intervention. Comment from Westpac's Chris Rand, Alliance leader Jim Anderton, Federated Farmers president Graeme Robertson, NZ First MP Michael Laws, and Labour's Finance spokesman Michael Cullen. (Maria Slade); live i/v with Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS RUGBY LEAGUE - rebel players on both sides of Tasman refuse to play this weeken in ARL competition. ARL moving to stop any "rebel" competition once and for all. Live i/v with commentator Alan McLauchlin. CHEMICAL SPILL at Otahuhu factory leads to 7 people receiving hospital illegible due to pungent fumes. Fire Service warns downwind residents to close windows and stay inside. I/v with Inspector Roly Williams, AK Central Police. (Mng Rpt) COOK ISLANDS TAX INQUIRY hears damning evidence from former Auditor-General Brian Tyler who's detailed involvement of KPMG Peat Marwick in both audit of Cook Islands govt and as auditors for European Pacific. Live i/v with "National Business Review" editor Frances O'Sullivan. ACCIDENT COMPENSATION - Engineers' Union launches campaign to get employees' right to sue reinstated, says court action only way workers injured on job can hope to get fair deal. Comment from union's Hazel Armstrong and Simon Arnold, Manufacturers' Fedn. (Leigh-Anne Wiig) CALDER TRIAL focussing on extensive medical and scientific evidence forming heart of Crown case. (Merle Nowland) ECONOMY - live i/v with Export Inst chief exec Michael Barnett re implications of Reserve Bank forecast on export sector. FINANCE - money markets update with Business presenter David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER BSE - i/v with Agriculture minister Lockwood Smith re whether NZ govt considering tougher measures to protect our own cattle herds. (Mng Rpt) COOK ISLANDS - NZ's Foreign Affairs and Finance select committees urge Cook Islands govt to co-operate with tax inquiry. Live i/v with Finance committee chair Max Bradford. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES TAIWAN prepares for first truly representative democratic presidential elections this weekend. I/v with correspondent Belinda Caminada about the candidates. HASTINGS SCHOOL - Camberly primary reopens after being closed and-under guard yesterday because of parent's threats after son was disciplined. School authorities say situation resolved after meeting between all concerned. Live i/v with Education minstry's operations manager for central and eastern regions Alan Upston. UNIONS - amalgamations reshaping country's biggest unions. Merger proposal between Service Workers' Union, National Distribution Union, and United Food, Beverage and General Workers' Union will take membership to 45,000 and make it 3rd largest union behind PSA and Engineer' Union. Live i/v with Service Workers' national secretary Mark Gosche.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS GREENPEACE campaigns against Fletcher Challenge, saying it's "environmental misfit", wants to persuade FC to adopt more environmentally friendly processes at Tasman Pulp and Paper mill in Kawerau. Comment from FC's Barry Akers and illegible Stephanie Mills. (Allanah Kalafatelis) RUGBY LEAGUE - where to for the AK Warriors this morning? still refusing to play in ARL while ARL seems determined to stamp out any embers of rebel league. Live i/v with Warriors' board chair Gerald Ryan. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN - poll shows likely Republican nominee Bob Dole neck and neck with President Clinton in favourability rating. Live i/v with correspondent Judy Lessing. COMMENT OZ SPOT - i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes about latest revelations re paedophiliacs from Royal Commission of Inquiry into NSW police.