ONE NETWORK NEWS AT TEN. 07/02/1991

Report from the Gulf War

Interest rates on home mortgage rates dipped below 14% today. Tonight the BNZ has announced a fall of 0.75% of both its home mortgage and commercial lending. The share market reacted immediately, recording its biggest rise in a year. Speakers: John Rattray, (Sharebroker), Ken Douglas, (CTU President), Owen Jennings, (Federated Farmers President),

At midnight tonight the Waitangi Tribunal releases it findings on the biggest Maori land claim ever made. The claim is being lodged by the South Island’s Ngai Tahu Tribe. Speaker: Tipene O’Regan, (Ngai Tahu)

The protester arrested at Waitangi was bailed today. He will appear in the Kaikohe Court on Monday charged with disorderly behaviour.

10 alpacas, each worth 20 thousand dollars were found dead, possibly poisoned on a Canterbury farm. Speaker: Constable Keith Fletcher, (Darfield Police)