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0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS 1616 NEWS STORY KOSOVO - NATO ENDS BOMBING CAMPAIGN, says all Serb forces have now left Kosovo, 11 hours earlier than schedules; ATROCITIES - forensic experts probing sites named by War Crimes Tribunal, one top priority site being farmhouse in deserted village north of Prizren where 25 or more charred corpses found. (BBC)
0620 RURAL NEWS FIELDDAYS rated successful, with almost 110,000 people attending 4-day event at Mystery Creek. General manager Barry Quayle says many exhibitors reported excellent sales. (Kevin Ikin) MODIFIED FOOD - G8 group of nations agrees to look at ways of improving food safety after recent scares over BSE and genetically modified crops. (RTR) illegible PEARS - growers hope new technology will help overcome serious slump in exports which have more than halved. NZ Asian Pear Product spokesperson Ian Turk says it's partly because some growers have left industry and remaining ones find it cheaper to produce for expanding local market. (Diana Leufkens) WOMEN'S DIVISION FEDERATED FARMERS changing its name, looking for title to better reflect identity. National president Jeanette Tarbotton says WDFF won't change focus on being a voice for rural women. (Diana Leufkens)
0625 SPORTS STORY RUGBY - NZ'S international calendar underway with All Blacks defeating Samoa 71-13 and New Zealand A having good win against France. Live i/v with commentator John McBeth.
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0635 NEWS STORY EAST TIMOR - 10 NZ police officers heading for East Timor shortly following delay to journey which UN insists was for logistical reasons only. NZ officers part of force of nearly 300 which will join election officals in monitoring August referendum on future of territory. (Eric Frykberg) INTERNATIONAL PAPERS MATA MāORI: illegible RADIO - Piripi Walker comments on problems facing Māori radio and lack of funding.
0648 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS NZIER QUARTERLY SURVEY released. Economic recovery continuing slowly, and Inst cautious. Director Alex Sundakov says only surprise is just how patchy export performance has been - i/ved. (Helen Matterson) CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS/BRITISH TELECOM - Clear pitching itself as number 1 on-line service for business customers now it's 100% owned by BT. Chief exec Tim Cullinance says with strength of global telecomms company behind it, Clear will become much stronger in market. (Helen Matterson) FINANCE MARKETS WEEK AHEAD SOUTHERN CROSS HEALTHCARE announces it won't increase premiums for this financial year. Number of NZers with health insurance falling, and announcement is one of main enticements in advertising campaign. General manager of finance Robin Milne says there are several ways company has managed to keep rates static. (Helen Matterson) PROPERTY SECTOR - AMP Asset Management says it's still finding good value in sector, buys management contract for Property For Industry and says it's on lookout for more of the same if price and finances are right. Comment from head of property James Darkins. (Gyles Beckford) BUSINESS BRIEFS ASIA INVESTMENT - new Andersen Consulting survey points to western-based companies considering investing again in region. Andersen partner Alan Salter says common theme is that rise in confidence is being translated into action. (Gyles Beckford) COCA COLA struggling to contain damage caused by contamination of drinks in Europe. Hundreds of people have fallen ill in Belgium and France after drinking Coke and other brands, with cause put down to chemical contamination and inferior grade of carbon dioxide. Market analysts amazed at company's slow response to problem.
0700 INTRO/NEWS KOSOVO - SERBS LEAVE ahead of schedule. NATO officially terminates bombing in Yugoslavia. Peacekeepers moving quickly to extend control throughout Kosovo to make it safe for nearly million ethnic Albanians returning home. Correspondent Mark Laity in Pristina, says city's residents returning to pick up the pieces of their lives - i/ved. (Mng Rpt) KOSOVO - ATROCITIES - reports of 60,000 Albanian refugees found held by Serbs illegible burnt out villages turned into concentration camps. Scene reminiscent of camps found after Bosnian conflict in 1995. David Harrison, London's "Daily Telegraph", first journalist to reach village camp named Saykovac -- i/ved. (Mng Rpt) G8 MEETING in Cologne confirms there will be no aid to Yugoslavia while Slobodan Milosevic remains in power. Live i/v with Germany correspondent Philip Crookes. RACE RELATIONS OFFICE - Māori Affairs minister Tau Henare says Office should be scrapped because it's not doing its job for Māori, makes the comments to Race Relations Conciliator Dr Rajen Prasad after panel discussion on race relations being recorded for Radio NZ's Crosstalk programme. Comment from Mr Henare, Alliance MP Sandra Lee, Dr Prasad, and Tino Pereira, Samoan community spokesperson. (Stephen Harris) HOTEL ROBBERY - Tokoroa police investigating link between aggravated robbery of Putaruru hotel and theft of car at gun point in AK over weekend. Live i/v with Det Steve Garnett, Tokoroa police.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE illegible WOMEN - around 350 women attend conference of women leaders in WN, connected with September's APEC meetig and looking at role of women in economies of Asia Pacific region. Anti-APEC women's conference held in WN, too. Live i/v with Andrina Lever, chief exec of Canadian firm Lever Enterprises, and Māori activist Annette Sykes. DNA TESTS - Inst of Environmental Science and Research says it can't rule out further cases where testing has been wrongly interpreted. Justice minister orders urgent report after police say new tests link convicted serial sex attacker Peter Howse to 1996 rape he was acquitted of. Comment from Justice minister Tony Ryall, Labour spokesman Phil Goff, Mark Templeton of ESR, and criminal lawyer Murray Gibson. (Mary-Jane Aggett) CRICKET WORLD CUP won by Australia at Lords, beats Pakistan by 8 wickets. Live i/v with correspondent Martin Crowe. MONDAY OZ SPOT - live i/v with Phil Kafcaloudes. (Australian aid workers in still imprisoned in Yugoslavia after Foreign minister Alexander Downer fails to free them; "Fair Princess" cruise - Australian health authorities are now also testing 26 year old man who was positive for hepatitis E; inept Melbourne robber)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER KOSOVO - REFUGEES - NZ World Vision workers Judy Moore and James Addis arrive in Kosovo, helping deal with new refugee crisis - Serbs fleeing in fear of reprisals from KLA and ethnic Albanians. James Addis i/ved. (Mng Rpt) RACE RELATIONS OFFICE - Māori Affairs minister Tau Henare accuses Race Relations Conciliator Rajen Prasad of moving focus away from Treaty of Waitangi to discrimination affecting other ethnic minorities. Alliance MP and Mana Motuhake leader Sandra Lee agrees, says Māori should be primary focus of Office. AK Univ lecturers Dr Manying Ip and Prof Ranginui Walker, and former Conciliator Chris Laidlaw beleive Office needs to deal with all ethnic groups - i/ved live. AUCKLAND - METROWATER faces 2 crucial votes this week as opponents step up fight to have it abolished. More than 200 people gathered yesterday for public meeting in opposition to it. (Eileen Cameron) MISSING BOAT - aerial search for 2 Northland men, Gerry Clark and Roger Sale, aboard boat missing in Southern Ocean. They were last seen 10 days ago when they ferried 2 researchers to Antipodes Islands. Live i/v with Peter Nalder, National Rescue Co-ordination Centre. A.C.C. CHANGES - with little over week to go before new regime starts, doctors worried change will mean bureaucratic nightmare and higher costs for patients. From Julyl, insurance cover for work-related injuries will be provided by 7 private insurance companies instead of ACC. Comment from Dr Pippa McKay, Medical Assn, Dr Ralph Wiles, College of GPs, Insurance Council chief exec Chris Ryan, and GP Trisha Briscoe. (Catherine Walbridge)
0830 NEWS/WEATHER LAND INFORMATION COMPUTER - costs of proposed computerisation of Land Information NZ's title information looks set to blow out from $95 million to around $150 million. "Land On-line" project aimed at computerising land title register and survey information to allow easier access by public, business, and govt departments. Live i/v with LINZ chief exec Dr Russ Ballard. CIGARETTE LIGHTERS - Alliance to report to Commerce Commission on banned lighters which it has found are still being sold. Law which came into force last month requires all disposable and cheap, refillable lighters to have child resistant mechanisms. Comment from MP Grant Gillon, Commission's Rachel Leamy, and Barry Hellberg, Retail Merchants' Assn. (Tama Muru) INTERNATIONAL PAPERS HAAST KIWI - conservation workers say they can't rescue one of NZ's most threatened variety of kiwi until they know more about why the population is declining. Live i/v with High Robinson, co-ordinator of Kiwi recovery plan. PALMERSTON NORTH - UGLY BUILDING - civic officers may be turned into luxury illegible. Grey monolith, voted the ugliest building in city, now too large for city council. (Jill Galloway) ROYAL WEDDING - live i/v with Paul Thompson, "The Sun", about wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones at Windsor castle.