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0616 NEWS STORY: CYCLONE GAVIN causes flooding in Whangarei and AK and landslip in Gisborne. Hawkes Bay expected to see worst of the weather. Live i/v with Jeff Sanders illegible MetService. HAIL DAMAGE to apple orchards has forces some growers out of business. President of Canty Fruitgrowers' Assn, Bruce Tweedy, comments. (Raewyn Reece-Jones)
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0636 NEWS STORY: DEFORMED TROUT - dieldrin dump site suspected as cause of deformed brown illegible in Southland creek. Southland Fish and Game manager Maurice Rodway says fish are shorter than they should be, with pronounced hunch and looking more like perch. (Graham McKerracher)
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0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: FINANCE ECONOMY - Treasurer Winston Peters, Finance mininster Bill Birch, and PM Jim Bolger give reassurances to investment conference in AK that economic illegible is one of conservative spending, lower taxes, and public debt reduction. (illegible Slade) CREDIT RATING - Standard and Poors lists external debt and balance of paymen deficit as some of constraints on NZ's sovereign rating. (Mark Crysell) BEEF PRICES - AFFCO not convinced that significant jump in US prices signals long-term recovery of beef trade. Livestock manager Athol Murray questions illegible higher prices will be sustained once supply of beef increases in next few weeks. (Kevin Ikin) MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT - report "Making the Most of People", commissioned ManFed, shows management overlooking some obvious sources of leadership. illegible Mary Cull says women, Pacific Islanders and Māori largely absent as leaders managers in manufacturing firms surveyed. (Mark Crysell) WALL STREET rises to record highs this year, leading to some nervousness. Comment from David Lloyd, AMP portfolio manager in London. (Mark Crysell) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS CYCLONE GAVIN makes its presence felt from Northland to Hawkes Bay. Live rep from Lois Williams in Whangarei; in Pahia, high waves damage road on waterfront. Live i/v with Peter Hill, Pahia Auto Lodge; Ruatoria bears brunt blustery conditions on east coast. Live i/v with Civil Defence co-ordinator Kawhia; what can be expected today? Live i/v with Steve Reidy, Met Office. DEFORMED TROUT found in Flaxy Creek near Te Anau and close to dieldron dump site. Live i/v with Maurice Rodway, Southland Fish and Game Council manager. KICKBACKS - Inland Revenue investigating tourism industry kickbacks where operators pocketing undeclared income. IRD want to ensure those operators are paying correct amount of tax. (Leigh-Anne Wiig) RUSSIA - CABINET RESHUFFLE ordered by President Yeltsin, brings close ally Anatoly Chubais back into govt. I/v with correspondent Andrew Harding.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS FINANCE update with Gyles Beckford. FIJI - MISSING FISHERMEN - controversy over search for 10 missing men whose tuna boat sank at height of Cyclone Gavin. RNZAF plane ordered back to search after it was officially called off because of signal picked up from what was said to be locator beacon from "Wasawasa One". Live i/v with Sdrn Ldr Terry Hay. CHE DEFICITS - CHEs told to cut costs in wake of $50 million deficit recorded for December quarter. Health minister Bill English says some CHEs doing better that others, indicating improvements can be made. (q) CHEs says fundamental problem is not enough money to meet rising demand. (Karen Gregory-Hunt); live i/v with independent health economist Guy Scott. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS FRANCE - RENAULT HQ in Paris scene of protests by workers against decision to close assembly plant in Belgiun with loss of nearly 3,000 jobs. Renault set illegible announce huge losses. Live i/v with correspondent Lynne Terry.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER CYCLONE GAVIN - impact so far relatively minor. Heavy rain falling on around Gisborne and Hawkes Bay. Live report from Heugh Chappell; live update from Whangarei with Lois Williams. COOK ISLANDS TAX INQUIRY - Serious Fraud Office head Charles Sturt due to appear again today. SFO chief investigator Geoffrey Downey has claimed he refused to investigate suspicious dealings at BNZ because he didn't want to upset "friends" in govt. Live i/v with "National Business Review" journalist Fran O'Sullivan. ALBANIA - REBELS TIGHTEN GRIP on south, what about the north? (BBC); live i/v with correspondent Paul Wood re general situation. DEFORMED TROUT - cause of deformities yet to be determined but possible dieldrin to blame. Live with Crown Property Services manager Margaret Kennedy
0830 NEWS/SPORTS CANNABIS BREATH TEST - new gadget to test motorists for cannabis could soon illegible available in NZ. AK lawyer Stuart Cummings, who specialises in civil liberties concerned about use of device. He's i/ved live. ARTHRITIS HERB - Health ministry tells leading herb wholesale company Herb Herberts to withdraw advertising for "arthritis herb", saying its claims contravene Medicines Act. (Jill Galloway); live i/v with David Russell, Consumers' Inst. U. S. SCHOOLS running classes to ready pupils for family life in which both parents work and family responsibilities are shared. (Feature Story) ANNIE LEIBOVITZ exhibition opens today in WN. Live i/v with City Gallery's programme co-ordinator Lara Strongman about the photographer's work.