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0700 NEWS COOK ISLANDS TAX INQUIRY - Privy Council rules that 3 former European pacific execs must give evidence. geoff barry, Peter Brannigan, and Anthony McCullagh had claimed testifying would expose them to prosecution for breaching Cook Islands secrecy laws. I/v with NZ First leader Winston Peters. (Mng Rpt) HIGH COURT JUDGE - Justice David Morris' comments at end of rape trial continue to cause uproar, with calls for more accountability from judiciary. Justice Morris remarked that if every man throughout history stopped the first time a woman said no, the world would be a much less exciting place to live in. Comment from Susan Wool of the STOP programme for men who've committed sex crimes, constitutional law expert Bill Hodge, vice president of the Criminal Bar Assn Geoff Wells, and AK Univ law lecturer Elizabeth Paton-Simpson. (illegible Cameron) CHILD PROSTITUTION - NZer wanted by Indian police in connection with child prostitution well known to NZ police, according to ECPAT. (End to Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism). Chair Denise Ritchie says group working with police to bring those involved in international child sex rings to justice. illegible i/ved live. COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS workers strike today, causing disruption to courts and detention centres, in support of 9% pay claim. (Sarah Holden) BAD WEATHER continues. Why is it so cold? Live i/v with Met Service chief forecaster Augie Auer. RUGBY - WN gears up for tomorrow's Bledisloe Cup match against Australia. (Stephen Hewson)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS INVESTMENT SCAM - Securities Commission chief exec John Farrell says NZ gaining reputation as nation of suckers, following details of scam operating out of the Philippines. Number of people, particularly South Islanders, investing in overseas stocks they know little or nothing about on recommendation of overseas brokers they've never heard of. Live i/v with Mr Farrell. VANUATU govt apparently duped into believing visiting group of so-called investment managers could secure vast profits for the country. Live i/v with correspondent Patrick Decloitre. RATES - North Shore residents likely to shoulder one of highest rises in country if proposed increase of 7.9% goes ahead. Rise follows smaller but stil costly rises in Auckland and precedes big jumps likely in Waitakere and Manukau. (Iain Gracie); live i/v with North Shore mayor George Gair. RUGBY - TAB odds for Bledisloe Cup match swinging back and forth. Sports betting manager Bon Gwyn says while punters may support All Blacks in their hearts, their money doesn't necessarily follow. He's i/ved live. FINANCE - money markets latest with David Jones.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER HIGH COURT JUDGE - Chief Justice Sir Thomas Eichelbaum has spoken to Justice Morris about his remarks but has not made any approach to Attorney General. COOK ISLANDS TAX INQUIRY - live i/v with "National Business Review"s Fran O'Sullivan about importance of Privy Council decision that former European Pacific execs must give evidence to inquiry. NZ FIRST leader Winston Peters denies party has watered down economic policy. In speech to institutional investors in London, Mr Peters said aprty would apply its 24.9% limit on overseas ownership to "key infrastuctural assets" where previously it was understood all foreign investments would be restricted to one quarter share in any NZ asset. He's i/ved. (Mng Rpt); Wayne Brittenden reports on London opinion of NZ First's foreign investment policy. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES RUSSIAN ELECTION - victorious Boris Yeltsin pledges to keep to path of democratic reform and open contact with West. Live i/v with Russian ambassador to NZ, Sergei Belyaev. RUGBY - Bledisloe Cup, discussion with commentator Graeme Moodie and Australiar illegible correspondent Terry Smith.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS TENNIS - shock loss at Wimbledon for No 1 seed Pete Sampras to unseeded Dutchman Richard Krajicek. I/v with official Johnny Perkins. (Mng Rpt) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH in NZ debating ordination of homosexuals. Choices facing General Assembly are to vote in favour or against or to postpone decision. I/v with spokesperson Diane Gilliam-Weeks. (Mng Rpt); live i/v with Religious Studies professor Paul Morris. JULY FOURTH celebrations in US. (Judy Lessing) COMMENT OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes about events across the Tasman. (kidnap hostage)