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0611 MāORI NEWS 1616 NEWS STORY KOSOVO - AIR STRIKES - NATO enters 54th day of strikes vowing Serbian forces can't protect themselves by using civilians as human shields. Statement comes as Yugoslavia says 87 etnic Albanian refugees killed by NATO strike on village of Korisa. About 600 refugees cross into Macedonia, rasing fears of another major exodus. Live i/v with London correspondent Judy Aslett. ISRAEL - ELECTION - 3 of 5 candidates for Prime Minister's position pull out of race, leaving only Labour's Ehud Barak and incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu in contention. Mr Netanyahu trying to make peace process centre of his campaign but is having hard time convincing Israelis to give him another chance. (Catherine Drew, Feature Story)
0620 RURAL NEWS TRADE SUBSIDIES - Gerard Doornbos, president of International Fedn of Agricultural Producers, predicts NZ will have little success in efforts to reduce impact of other countries' trade distorting policies in next round of World Trade Orgn talks in November. Mr Doornbos visiting NZ, says also further trade liberalisation inevitable in long run. (Diana Leufkens) DROUGHT - CENTRAL OTAGO farmers whose land and pasture have suffered from 2 year drought to get help from Project Oasis, programme AgResearch Grasslands division has launched to encourage farmers in region to use pasture and forage plants that can resist drought more effectively. (Kevin Ikin) NELSON WINE - rural valuer Dick Benniosn says Nelson now being accepted as premium wine-producing region/ He says 3 vineyards have been sold in past year and significant amounts of vacant land bought for vineyard development. (Helen Shea) HOPS - growers may get new incentive. NZ Hop Products in Nelson holding talks with other parties on prospect of opening new extraction plant worth about $3 million. Manager Warren Amos says plant would be bonus for gorwers because they wouldn't have to pay freight to ship hops for extraction overseas. (Diana illegible)
0625 SPORTS STORY RUGBY - live i/v with commentator John McBeth. ( Super 12s reaches semi-final stage, neither match will be played in NZ, Highlanders travel to Capetown to pay Stormers)
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0635 NEWS STORY MILLENNIUM BUG - UN holds conference on problem, gives strong message that countries must cooperate on it. (Judy Lessing)
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0648 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS BIG WEEK FOR ECONOMY - Reserve Bank's latest monetary policy statement on Wednesday and Bill Birch's last budget on Thursday. Live i/v with WestpacTrust chief economist Bevan Graham. FINANCE/MARKETS WEEK AHEAD PHONE NUMBER PORTABILITY - Commerce Commission will release decision today on much debated agreement. Proposed system could enable customers to switch telecomms companies without having to change phone numbers. (Gyles Beckford) TELECOM PROFIT for full year to be posted tomorrow, expected to have after tax profit of around $830 million. Last year's recession expected to have bitten into bulk toll markets but analysts say continuation of strong growth in cell phones and enhanced services will again underpin results. (Gyles Beckford) INTERNET NAMES - moves taken to stop commercial opportunists registering internet names of famous brands and then charging real company large amounts of money to get name back. British consumer magazine "Which?" one of those caught by "cybersquatters". CULTUS PETROLEUM - proposed take-over by Austrian company OMV stopped by major Cultus shareholder Fay Richwhite. Fay Richwhite says offer grossly undervalues Cultus and won't be accepted. (Gyles Beckford) AUSTRALIA - TAX REFORM - Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry urging federal govt to stand firm, particularly on goods and services tax. (AAP)
0700 INTRO/NEWS KIDNAP - NZer 55 year old Geraldo Cruz, working with Red Cross in southern Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkarskaya, kidnapped. Live i/v with Tony Blackett, NZ Red Cross; political unrest in southern region of Russia for some years. I/v with Moscow correspondent Andrew Harding. illegible ISLANDS - ELECTION - govt of Sitiveni Rabuka facing defeat in first multi-racial elections in 12 years. Mainly Fiji Indian Labour Party has won all Indian seats counted so far by large margins. Mixed results in Fijian and multiracial seats. Live i/ with correspondent Shiu Singh. CHILD ABUSE - CENTREPOINT - Children, Young Persons and Their Families Agency this week hopes to meet parents at Centrepoint Community who've requested child sex offender Bert Potter be allowed contact with their children. Potter's parole has condition he has no contact with those aged under 16. Commune member Dave Mendelssohn, who's also been imprisoned for sex offences involving children, believes Potter poses no threat to his own children; live i/v with chief CYPFA social worker Mike Doolan; former founding member of Centrepoint Barrie Leslie now one of Potter's harshest critics, warns his continued presence at Centrepoint endangers children there and entire community should be shut down - i/ved live. MISSING GIRL - 12 year old Chong Liu still missing. AK police continuing to study video footage from country's international airports hoping to find clues about her disappearance. More than 2,000 people have been spoken to as part of enquiry. Live i/v with Det Sgt John Sutton.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE KOSOVO - VILLAGE BOMBED - Yugoslavia says 87 ethnic Albanian refugees killed by NATO strike on village of Korisa. NATO spokesperson Jamie Sead says area on outskirts of Korisa was Serb military camp and therefore was legitimate military target. (Mng Rpt) SOUTH AMERICAN VISIT- PM Jenny Shipley back in NZ from trip promoting advantages on APEC in lead-up to summit conference in AK, signals she'll be moving to establish another trading bloc involving NZ with Australia, Chile and Singapore - says she received strong support for APEC. (Mng Rpt) ISRAEL - ELECTION - latest polls show Labour Party's Ehud Barak winning 55% of vote to Bejamin Netanyahu's 44.5%. Live i/v with David Horovitz, "Jerusalem Report". AUSTRALIA - TAX - controversial issue of GST could force general election. Independent senator's scuttling of tax reform plans casts in doubt not only tax reforms but entire govt. Live i/v with correspondent Donna Demaio.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER KIDNAP - Red Cross worker, NZer Geraldo Cruz, kidnapped in Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkarskaya. 2 NZers have been killed in region over past 2 and half years, both in Chechnya - nurse Cheryl Thayer in 1996 and Stan Shaw in 1998. Live i/v with Francoise Derron, International Committee of the Red Cross. KOSOVO - REFUGEES - Macedonian president calls on countries in Europe and elsewhere to speed up evacuation of ethnic Albanian refugees. RNZ reporter Lisa Owen in Macedonia with Immigration Service team, visits refugee camp in hills near border with Albania; live i/v with Lisa Owen. KOSOVO - AIR STRIKES - Human Rights Watch, New York-based organisation, writes to NATO expressing concern at mounting civilian casualties as well as use of cluster bombs. Live i/v with exec director Kenneth Roth. SOLOMON ISLANDS - AID - more than 160 NZ Defence Force personnel this week complete aid exercise "Tropic Twilight" delivering medical, surgical and dental care to people on remote island of Makira. First time Army has used its new mobile hospital. (Rae Lamb)
0830 NEWS/WEATHER CRICKET WORLD CUP - Australia and Pakistan win their opening games over Scotland and West Indies respectively. Live i/v with correspondent Martin Crowe. TOURISM CONFERENCE, TRENZ, in AK this week attracts largest ever gathering in NZ of representatives from sector and large media contingent as well. Conference aims to sell what NZ has to offer in tourism. Live i/v with Glenys Coughlan, Tourism Industry Assn. illegible PAPERS HEPATITIS SCREENING programme announced by govt last year moves step closer with 2 health providers chosen to carry out work, Dr Win Bennett, Health Funding Authority, says screening will focus on North Island and on Māori, Pacific Island and Asian communities; live i/v with long time hepatitis campaigner Sandor Milne, whose Hepatitis Fndn is one of the groups which will carry out programme. RUSSIA - IMPEACHMENT - President Yeltsin survives communist-led attempt to impeach him. They failed to muster enough votes to start proceedings. I/v with correspondent Andrew Harding.