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0700 NEWS PRISON ESCAPE - Prison safety is under the spotlight this morning, following yesterday's escape from Paparua prison. An Auckland prison officer used as a human shield during an escape a year ago is accusing the corrections dept of ignoring staff concerns for their safety. Wrap with the officer, Raewyn Abbot, barry Noakes of the PSA, trevor Tohill of the prison officers assn and paul Monk, regional manager of the dept of corrections. (Clare Sziranyi) Live i/v with Prison Service's general manager Phil McCarthy. ZAIRE - Details are starting to emerge about the hundreds of thousands of refugees still trapped by fighting in Zaire. Aid workers say they have fled camps north of Goma when they were hit by mortar fire. i/v with paul Stromberg of UNHCR in Kigali. GENETICS - A row is simmering over genetically engineered food, as modified soya beans are about to arrive in Australia. Monsato, who engineer them insist they are safe, but a coalition of consumer and environmental groups are calling for an independent public audit. Live i/v with Karen Marshall, public affairs manager for Monsato and Guy Hatchard of the Natural Food Commission. ENERGY AWARDS - A quiet generator the size of a small fridge has won a twenty thousand dollar design award in the Rutherford Awards run by the Electricity Corporation. Wrap with Canterbury engineer Dr Donald Clukas, who designed the generator and Ralph Miller, the brother of Sam miller, who designed a newspaper illegible water heater. (Margeurite Fahy)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS RUGBY - The reality of professional rugby will hit home for some players over the next few days as teams are announced for the 1997 season. The Canterbury Crusaders named their team yesterday and four former Crusaders were replaced by players from other regions. Wrap with Waikato Chiefs and North Harbour player Richard Turner, Rugby services director for the NZRFU Bill Wallace and Canterbury Crusaders coach Wayne Smith. (Stephen Hewson) CHUNNEL - British and French officials will decide later this week whether it's safe to resume passenger services through the Chunnel tunnel after a fire two weeks ago. Wrap with vox pops, John Noulton, Roger Gale MP and quote from Mark Watts MP. (Keith Chalkley) OSCE - The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe is attempting to reach an agreement on security architecture for the 21st century, at a conference in Lisborn. But the summit's opening day has been dominated by tension between the united States and Russia over plans for the extension of NATO. Wrap with Chernomyrdin and Al Gore. (Nicholas Witchell. BBC) DEFU - The December Economic and Fiscal Update, released yesteday, is under fire from opposition parties, for not addressing the impact of the NZ dollar. Wrap with Michael Cullen and Bill Birch, also quotes from Jim Anderton and Rodney Hide. AUSTRALIA - The Senate, controlled by Labour and other opposition parties, is resisting budgetary measures passed by the Coalition federal government. Prime Minister John Howard insists he wants to negotiate, but isn't ruling out stronger moves. Audio of him. Live i/v with Pru Goward from Canberra. FINANCE - money markets latest with Gyles Beckford
0800 NEWS/WEATHER PRISON ESCAPE - While prison officers are again asking for safer conditions for prison staff, following the attack on three staff during an escape yesterday, the head of the public prisons service, Phil McCarthy says conditions are safer than before and will become even more so. Live i/v with Raewyn Abbot, an officer who was involved in a hostage drama at an Auckland prison a year ago. PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES PAROLE - The parole board has started to use a new system of deciding whether illegible should get early release. 'Structured Decision Making' is designed to more accurately predict whether a prisoner will reoffend, and to make decisions more consistent and objective. Wrap with board chair Justice Richard Heron and secretary John Meek. (Corinne Ambler) Live i/v with John Witty of the Prisoners Aid and Rehabilitation Society, who welcomes the changes. PIG - Percy the problem pig is back on the loose in Auckland, after creating havoc yesterday on a motorway, then being caught. Live i/v with North Shore dog controller Jane Gregory for the update.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS AUSTRALIA - The summer bushfires have begun in south east Queensland, aided by 40 degree temperatures. Live i/v with Susan Cullinan in Toowoomba. PAPUA NEW GUINEA - A New zealand woman has been flown to hospital in Australia after being abducted and raped by a gang in papua New Guinea. Live i/v with Tasman Samuel in Port Moresby. AUTOCIDE - The second trial of Terrence Patrick Lynch for autocide continues today in Christchurch. Voicer from Tama Muru. HISTORY OF SEX - Dr Timothy Taylor of Bradford University in northern England has written a book called 'The Pre-history of Sex - Four Million Years of Human Sexual Culture' He says humans did not used to use sex only as a means of illegible, but homosexuality, bestiality and masturbation have always existed, i/v with him. ENGLAND - Four post-graduate students in this country are to sue Victoria University, saying their environmental studies course is not up to scratch. meanwhile in Britain, two people are suing their former secondary schools for giving them a poor education. Wrap with Bill Herron and Jack Rabinowicz. (Keith Chalkley) JAPAN - The US and Japan have finally come to an agreement over the US base at Okinawa, specifying that the land will return to Japan, but the troops will remain. i/v with Tanya Katterns from Japan.