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0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 Māori NEWS 1616 NEWS STORY OLYMPICS SCANDAL - Sydney Olympics again facing bribery allegations, one organiser named in Salt Lake City scandal. Ethics Commission report says Phil Coles, member of IOC and Sydney 2000 organising committee, took trips to US with family which were paid for by Salt Lake City bid team. (Zandra Sharpe)
0620 RURAL NEWS DROUGHT - OTAGO/SOUTHLAND - dry conditions now affecting town water supplies and meat works. Waitaki District C1 considering railing and trucking water to town of Palmerston as Shag River runs dry, and weather also forcing changes at Alliance's 3 Southland works. (Catherine Harris) LAMB EXPORTS - Fed Farmers says issue will test credibility of US trade policy. US International Trade Commission rules NZ and Australian lamb imports damaging livelihoods of American lamb producers and will consider asking President Clinton to impose restrictions. Fed Farmers president Malcolm Bailey says that would be disastrous outcome directly contracting US policy on free trade. (Catherine Harris) SHAREMILKERS - reaction building to new contract devised by Northland Fed Farmers. Key elements include agreement by both parties to examine each other's finances and go to mediation before embarking on costly arbitration. (Catherine Harris)
0625 SPORTS STORY U. S. SPORTS - live i/v with Paul Witteman, "Sports Illustrated".
0630 NEWS/WEATHER
0635 NEWS STORY WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS - independent report commissioned by Rail and Maritime Transport Union says employees in port and rail industries not sufficiently protected. Comment union general secretary Ross Wilson, OSH spokesperson illegible-Marie Richan, and Adrienne d'Ath, Employers' Assn. (Blair McLaren)
0640 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS Māori REGISTRATION - Māori Affairs minister Tau Henare looking for govt funding to set up registration service. CONSERVATION ROW erupts between DoC and hapu of Ngati Tuwharetoa over rock and tree.
0640 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS BRIERLEY INVESTMENTS - SHAMROCK Holdings letters re-opens wounds. Letter laments BIL's continued low share price and accuses directors of behaving in cavalier fashion, abandoning responsibilities to shareholders and acting as proxies for creditors. Comment from Shamrock's managing director Clifford Miller. (Gyles Beckford) WALL ST WOBBLES - Dow Jones falls by more than 1.5%. Merrill Lynch chief market strategist in New York, Dick Mccabe, believes market fundamentally strong. FINANCE/MARKETS MARKET REVIEW LIQUOR MARKET - DB shareholders told market continues to shrink. Chief exec Brian Blake says tells annual meeting that overall beer market declined by nearly 3% in last 3 months of 1997, leading to aggressive pursuit of market share through discounting. (Gyles Beckford) JAPAN - BONDS - govt plans to borrow way out of recession may turn Japanese bond market into world's biggest. Independent economic analyst Neil McKinnon, in London, says Japanese move threatens to unsettle international bond market. PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT Smith Kline and Beecham sells two of its health services arms for $360 billion, plans to focus on fastest growing segments of drugs business - pharmaceuticals and consumer health care. BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS OLYMPICS SCANDAL - 10 more IOC members implicated in scandal surrounfing bid for Winter Olympics. Total of 9 IOC members already expelled or resigned as result of scandal and IOC indicating it may consider expelling more. Live i/v with John Hughes, "Desiret News", Salt Lake City. PAROLE OFFENDERS - Police Assn calls for review of Parole Board after figures released to Radio NZ show more than half serious offenders paroled since 1985 have re-offended within 3 years. Call comes in wake of Peter Howse case, freed on parole in 1995 and sexually attacked 3 more young women. Comment from Assn president Greg O'Connor, Donna Perrin, Victims Support group, criminologist Warren Young, and pastor John Walton. (Robyn Janes) LAMB EXPORTS - live i/v with Labour MP Mike Moore, who's campaigning to become head of World Trade Orgn, re trade issues raised by US move towards restricting NZ and Australian lamb imports; live i/v with David Binning, vice president export Inst. COMMONWEALTH GAMES - WN BID could end today. Committee meets this morning to decide whether to continue. Several of region's mayors have serious reservations about viability and at least 3 want to pull out. Comment from Carterton mayor Georgina Beyer, Masterton's Bob Francis, Heretaunga's Rex Kirton(q), WN's Mark Blumsky(q), Assid Corban and Alistair Graham. (Caitlin Cherry)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE DROUGHT spreads in OTAGO, moving to central and southern parts of region. Farmers with no feed and water for stock have nowhere to send them, apart from meat works, and drinking water shortages loom over several towns. Comment from Alliance leader Jim Anderton(q), Roxburgh farmer John Miller, Otago hydrologist Dave Stuart, forecaster Chris Webster and Kate Wilson. (Bryan Crump) LAMB EXPORTS - outcry over US International Trade Commission's decision that NZ and Australian lamb imports may threaten American sheep farmers' livelihood. Live i/v with US ambassador Josiah Beeman; live i/v with International Trade minister Lockwood Smith. GREENSLAND - FLOODS - 7 people confirmed dead as floods sweep across state. Heaviest struck is town of Gympie where Mary River has burst banks. Live i/v with Jenny Millers, State Emergency Centre in Gympie. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS FRANCE - AVALANCHE in Alps kills NZ snowboarder Timothy Purvis in one of series of fatal accidents through region. Live i/v with correspondent Claire Doole at Chamonix Rescue Centre.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS - new report commissioned by Rail and Maritime Transport Union questions some cases where OSH has failed to take legal action. Live i/v with union general secretary Ross Wilson; live i/v with Geoff Wilson, business operations and development manager, OSH. OLYMPICS SCANDAL - new report on bribes scandal re Salt Lake City bid names Australian IOC member Phil Coles as example of IOC officials treating visits to Games sites "more like vacations". Mr Coles has stood down from Sydney organising committee in wake of allegations and his lawyer has issued statement denying he made trips to Salt Lake City. Live i/v with ABC reporter Kevin Wild. CORRECTION to mention in newspaper roundup that Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency was National Party's advertising agency. "NZ Herald" did not say this and John Goulter from PM's office confirms National Party has no contracts with Saatchis. EAST TIMOR rebel leader Xanana Gusmao moved from prison to house arrest in Jakarta. Release from prison welcomed by Aghio Pereira, National Commission for East Timorese Resistance; live i/v with Alliance Foreign Affairs spokesman Matt Robson, who's just returned from Indonesia. POPULATION - UN CONFERENCE trying to overcome cultural and political differences between nations which have lead to world's spiralling population growth, expected to hit 6 billion this year. Live i/v with Gill Boddy, exec director of NZ Family Planning Assn, who's attending conference.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS PETROL PRICES - Commerce Commission refuses request from Labour MP Ruth Dyson to investigate pricing, saying it doesn't fit Commerce Act criteria. Ruth Dyson concerned higher South Island prices may be result of price fixing - i/ved along with Antonius Papaspiropoulos of Shell. (Mng Rpt) HERO PARADE - AK's gay and lesbian community gearing up for Saturday night's parade. Organisers predict it will attract more than last year's 200,000 to match. (Cathy Carpenter) COOK ISLANDS - GAY AND LESBIAN WEEK plans by Australian organisers dampened. Church leaders less than happy with proposal. Live i/v with correspondent Flo Syme Buchanan. ZIMBABWE - CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS - President Mugabe plunges country into crisis by criticising highest court which has asked him to reaffirm govt's respect for courts. Student demonstrators protesting against Mr Mugabe's action fired on with tear gas by riot police, also protesting against involvement in war in neighbouring Congo. I/v with correspondent Joseph Winter. FRUIT AND VEG REPORT with Jack Forsythe.