News, sport and weather.
Main Stories:
The Police are believed to have three prime suspects for the murder of Napier schoolgirl Teresa McCormack. But after five months investigation since the six year old was abducted, raped and killed, they’ve apparently run up against a legal block which is stopping them form pursuing those leads: they’re prevented from taking forensic samples from the three men. Speakers: Prof Gerald Orchard (Law Lecturer), Lionel Sharman (Forensic Scientist).
The new technique of ‘genetic fingerprinting’ (DNA testing) was used for to successfully prosecute a rapist in Britain today.
It’s been a tragic day on New Zealand roads, with nine people killed in just three hours in crashes in Auckland, Iwitahi and Turangi this morning.
A former magistrate in Fiji has supported claims by Amnesty International that human rights in that country are being ignored by security forces and people are being subjected to humiliating treatment. Speaker: Tim Broad (Former Fiji Magistrate).
Other Stories:
On of the country’s largest collections of vintage radios came under the auctioneers hammer near Wellington today. Speaker: Leon Clements (Radio Collector).
Prison riot in Central France.
Persian Gulf war.
Bush crash in Mexico.
International ballet star Rudolf Nureyev is to return to the Soviet Union.
Boris Yeltsin has been publicly condemned by Mikhail Gorbachev.
The downturn in the timber trade is threatening more jobs in small forestry towns. Typical of them is Tapanui in South Otago, which is still struggling to recover from redundancies following corporatisation of the Forest Service. Speaker:s Peter Gordon (Action and Enterprise Committee), Alan Griffiths (NZ Timberlands), Rev Stan Mawhinney (Action and Enterprise Committee), Bib McKee (Automotive Engineer).
Sport:
The New Zealand cricketers are setting off on a tour of Australia. Speakers: Allan Border (Australian Captain), Jeff Crowe (New Zealand Captain).
Bob Skelton rode the last race of his career today. Speaker: Bob Skelton (Retiring Jockey).
Lois Muir has been made national netball coach and selector for the 14th year in a row.
All Whites versus Western Samoa soccer highlights.
New Zealand versus Australian Institute of Sport hockey highlights.
A decision to suspend South Africa from the International Rugby Board is expected tonight.
The Prime Minister wants to see a Formula One Grand Prix round held in this country. David Lange is in Adelaide to compete in one of the supporting races for tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix and is impressed in the amount of international interest the event is attracting. Speaker: Clive James (TV Personality).
Weather.