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0650 Business and financial news. Gyles Beckford
0700 NEWS TEACHER SHORTAGE - schools delaying putting in orders for overseas teachers to staff classrooms next year. Education ministry worried some schools don't realise extent of shortage problem. Comment from Education minister Wyatt Creech, AK principal Bruce Aidin, and Irene Lynch, Education ministry. (Al Morrison); i/v with Sheryl Wilson, Multiserve teacher recruitment agency. (Mng Rpt) COALITION - NZ First's Māori MPs understood to be under pressure to go with Labour, some have indicated they'll consult electorates before making final decision. But message from heartland of Māori support appears to be mixed. (Marie Hosking); comment from Winston Peters, John Delamere, Georgina Te Heu Heu, Nanaia Mahuta. (Kathryn Street) PARIS METRO EXPLOSION - hundreds of extra police moved into key positions in Paris and other cities following bombing of commuter train. Live i/v with correspondent Lynn Terry. CRICKET - NZ narrowly loses first 1 day international to Pakistan. I/v with illegible Brian Waddle. (Mng Rpt)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS TUSSOCK MOTH - last spraying in eastern AK to take place tomorrow but Forestry ministry concerned operation might not have been successful. Several caterpillars found in last few days despite $7 million aerial spraying programme. Live i/v with Operation Evergreen spokesman John Handiside. CIGARETTE ADVERTISING - ASH upset that adverts appeared on Sky television during live broadcast of NZ-Pakistan cricket match, despite 6 year ban on such advertising. Sky hopes to clear up problem by next game. Glen Wiggs, Advertising Standards Complaints Board says Sky may not have to worry. He's i/ved live. BOSNIA - NATO announces it will send another force for another 18 months but warns further international help will come with strings attached. International conference in London reviewing progress in 12 months since signing of Dayton peace accord. I/v with BBC Defence correspondent Jonathan Marcus. (Mng Rpt) WESTERN SAMOA - VIOLENCE - research by anti-violence group Mapusaga O Samoa shows over quarter of 300 women surveyed experiences domestic violence and also found that many of those abused were violated by own family members. (Lualemana Tino Pereira) POLICE WEAPONS - US researchers looking at Star Trek-type technology in search for better police weaponry, with ideas including fire nets, chemical-tipped darts and electro-magnetic beams. NZ police admit a few of the new ideas could have local appeal. (Karlum Lattimore) EXPORTERS represenitng almost third of NZ's workforce gather in WN to discuss concerns about slowdown in economic growth. 11 groups including manufacturing, farming and tourism sectors takins part, intend to come up with reforms to speed up growth. (Tania Oolders) FINANCE - money markets latest with Gyles Beckford.
0800 NEW/WEATHER TEACHER SHORTAGE - NZEI expects there to be classes without teachers when schools re-open next year. Secretary Joanna Beresford says late start to overseas recruitment only part of problem and Education ministry should not be relying simply on overseas teachers to avert crisis. She's i/ved live. MMP IMPACT - predicted MMP will be bonanza for bureaucrats and lobbyists but first impact on WN economy appears to have been negative. (Bronwen Evans) PAPERS/ASPAC HEADLINES CIGARETTE ADVERTISING - Glen Wiggs, Advertising Standards Complaints Boardm says Smoke Free legislations allows for adverts originating outside NZ to screen on television as part of overseas broadcast. Anti-smoking group ASH director Trish Fraser responds live. illegible - Oamuaru Harness Racing Club joining other provincial racing clubs to fight Racing Industry Board's new fund allocations which favour larger clubs. Oamary Club president Tony Spivey says smaller clubs considering legal action - i/ved live.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS PARIS METRO - experts in Algiers say bombing bears hallmarks of Armed Islamic Group, GIA, Algerian terrorist group which accuses France of backing Algerian authorities it's trying to oust. I/v with North Africa specialist John Marks. (Mng Rpt) SAME SEX MARRIAGES - Hawaiian judge rules they're legal under American constitution. 1st ruling in US to recognise gay and lesbian couple are entitled to same rights and privileges as heterosexual couples, but opposition in Hawaii is strong. Live i/v with Hawaii Public Radio correspondent David Stroup. AUSTRALIAN WHITE TAILED SPIDER - reputation being maligned without any evidence according to Landcare Research arachnologist Grace Hall. Spider being blamed for biting people. (Stephen Hewson) FOOD POISONING outbreak in Scotland which has killed 7 people traced to award-winning butcher in Wishaw - revealed butvcher continued selling contaminated meat after he was ordered to close by health inspectors. I/v with correspondent Andy Dougan. FRUIT AND VEG REPORT with Jack Forsythe.