0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT - all govt expenditure up for review as govt tries to find way of slashing $300 million from spending programme as part of response to worsening economic situation. Comment from Treasurer Winston Peters, Labour leader Helen Clark, Alliance leader Jim Anderton, ACT leader Richard Prebble and United leader Peter Dunne. (q). (Clare Pasley)
0620 RURAL NEWS MEAT DEREGULATION - Meat Board to meet tomorrow to discuss strategu for future withot statutory powers. (Diana Leufkens) KIWIFRUIT DEREGULATION - impending deregulation one of major topics at Kiwifruit Marketing Board's annual meeting today. Chair Doug Voss says growers need to have some control of upcoming changes. (Diana Leufkens) KIWIFRUIT VARIETY - Hort 16-A available next month for NZers to try. Fruit is less hairy and has golden flesh with sweet, melon-like taste. (Diana Leufkens) illegible FARMERS fighting fund affected by drought. Negotiations continuing with Meat Board over request for $2 million donation from levy fund. Chief exec Tony St Clair says Fed Farmers has already had several approaches for fighting fund grants and has asked applicants for more details. (Diana Leufkens) WINE - GRAPE VINES - huge demand by wine companies for vines opens up new business opportunties for some growers. (Heugh Chappell) WOOL SELLING - Wool Corpn claims strong show of support at start of national series of farmer meetings in Southland. Company promising new, integrated selling system. (Catherine Harris)
0625 SPORTS STORY SOCCER WORLD CUP - Germany reaches quarter final but had to come from behind to beat Mexico.
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0636 NEWS STORY: ECONOMC MANAGEMENT - exporters cautious about govt's suggestion of incentives to help NZ through Asian economic crisis, don't want subsidies although do support moves to assist them. I/v with David Binning, president of Exporters' Inst. (Karen Gregory-Hunt)
0639 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS illegible MANA NEWS CUSTOMARY FISHING - North Island iwi complete submissions. HISTORIC SITES - revolutionary dating process, refined by AK Univ, will give more accurate dates to Māori historic sites.
0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT - Treasury delivers bleak message of lower growth, more fragile economy, and $300 millin less tax income than expected this year. (Bronwen Evans); export incentives - Canty Manufacturers' Assn chief exec Michael Hannah says exporters want lower business costs but no-one wants a return to 1970s style export incentives. He says more information on potential markets, more research and development finance and help to reach overseas trade fairs would assist fledgling exporters. (Karen Gregory-Hunt) BUSINESS CONFIDENCE - latest National Bank survey finds rebound confidence. Survey taken before latest economic news but chief economist Brendan O'Donovan says turnaround is startling. (Rodney Joyce) FINANCE/MARKETS FUTURES - volatility in debt market is driving continued high growth for NZ and Options Exchange. General manager Greg Boland expeceting growth of 25% for first half of year. (Rodney Joyce) AIRPORT FLOAT - prospectus for sale of govt's stake in AK International Airport to be unveiled this afternoon. (Rodney Joyce) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT - live i/v with PM Jenny Shipley about crisis and govt's expenditure plans, with comment from Alliance leader Jim Anderton, Labour leader Helen Clark, ACT leader Richard Prebble. Treasurer Winston Peters;exporters support govt moves to assist them but reject any suggestion of return to old-time incentives. Comment from Dairy Board's Sir Dryden Spring, Michael Hannah of Canty Manufacturers' Assn, and David Binning, Export Inst. (Karen Gregory-Hunt); live i/v with Political editor Al Morrison and Economics correspondent Bronwen Evans. HOSPITAL BOOKINGS - around 3-quarters of hospitals expected to be ready for official start of new surgery booking system tomorrow. Govt hopes system will bring fairer and more certain way of dealing with waiting lists, but it could see 20,000 people dropped off list. (Rae Lamb)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE NORTHERN IRELAND - Orange Order threatens to disrupt peaceful progress and defy attempts t re-route troublesome march to Drumcree. Parades Commission has banned Orangemen from marching along nationalist Garvaghy Rd but Orngemen say they'll march as far as they can and stage protest if stopped by police. Live i/v with correspondent David McKittrick. REPOSSESSION - new legislation, Credit Repossession Act, comes into force tomorrow, bans people carrying out repossessions if they've had criminal convictions for dishonesty or violence in past 5 years and requires notice to be given before goods taken back. Comment from David Russell, Consumers' Inst repo man Greg Harkiss and Barry Hellberg, Retailers' Assn. (Tama Muru) AK AIRPORT - govt starting process of selling its shares this week. If shares do well on market, local authorities expected to also sell their shares in airport companies. Live i/v with reporter Todd Niall. ECONOMY - YOUNG PEOPLE rethinking lifestyles and ambitions because of economic constraints. "Young New Zealanders" report by Statistics NZ shows they're more likely to stay at school until 16, live at home longer and less likely to marry and have children before age 25. (Caitlin Cherry) UFOs - scientists reviewing reports say some sightings include compellig physical evidence that should be studied further. Live i/v with Stanford Univ scientist Prof von Eshleman.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT - govt to cut spending by $300 million in response to downturn caused by Asian financial crisis. Treasurer Winston Peters has opposed spending cuts in past but now says they're needed because of deepening recession - i/ved live. HOSPITAL BOOKINGS - new booking system for operations starts this week. Live i/v with director of National Waiting Time Project, Dr Paul Malpass. REPOSSESSION - new law aimed at cleaning up repossession business comes into effect tomorrow. Credit Repossession Act in response to complaints of violent and intimidating behaviour by some agents. Live i/v with Paul Stanley, manager of CH repo company Repatriations Services. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS FIJI - ARSON - police i/ving indigenous landowners after arson attack destroys part of main power station. Claimed that landowners attacked Wailoa power station in protest over its construction, they want more compensation for land taken for hydro scheme. Live i/v with correspondent Shiu Singh. STORMY WEATHER - fierce winds bearing down on NZ, expected to start battering south tomorrow. Live i/v with Steve Rawdon, Weather Workshop.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS TENNIS - WIMBLEDON - NZer Brett Steven and American partner Pat Galbraith win 2nd round doubles match. I/v with correspondent Guy Swindells. ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT - what would Labour and ACT do in response to downturn? Live i/v with Helen Clark and Richard Prebble. ECONOMY - YOUNG PEOPLE - economic constraints making 12-25 year olds think again about lifestyle choices and ambitions. Live i/v with 20-somethings Carlos Wedde and Lottie Wotherspoon. SOCCER - AK's North Shore club fined $120,000 by FIFA over transfer wrangle for All White Harry Ngata. Ngata returned to club last year from Melbourne club but North Shore United unable to pay $6,000 transfer fee demanded by Melbourne club. Live i/v with spokesman John Batty. CHINA - ECONOMY - how is China weathering Asian economic crisis? I/v with correspondent Michael Kavanagh.