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0700 NEWS ELECTORAL BOUNDARY CHANGES - first drawings shown to politicians and selected civil servants. Predicted upheaval occurring. (Karen Fisher) BALCLUTHA HOSPITAL to lose surgical services after nearly 3 years of lobbying to save services and recent months of protest. Local people pack town hall to hear Otago CHE announce surgical services will end on Dec. 19. (Kerry Lamont) BALCLUTHA HOSPITAL - live i/v with chair of Healthcare Otago, Glen Dillon. BALCLUTHA HOSPITAL - live i/v with local GP and head of Balclutha Hospital Support Group, Dr Brank Sajnja. MEAT INDUSTRY - Hastings meatworkers and general community steeling themselves to cope with impact of Weddel's receivership. Biggest plant, Tomoana, employed 1,000 Hawkes Bay people and residents are predicting some smaller businesses will fall as result of closure. Comment from Hastings MP Rick Barker and Lesley Thomas, Employment Service. (Kerry Lamont) MEAT INDUSTRY - other companies may follow Weddel and Fortex into collapse because of industry's extreme indebtedness to banks. (David Hargreaves) MEAT INDUSTRY - live i/v with Agriculture minister John Falloon.
0729 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORT COMMONWEALTH GAMES - NZ provisionally wins silver in the shooting, while cyclist Mark Rendell wins gold and fellow cyclist Brian Fowler wins silver. I/v with Mark Rendell. (Mng Rpt) COMPANY FAILURES - new Justice dept figures show fewer companies going broke. Comment from Neville Harris, dept's commercial affairs asst secretary. (Anna Hughes) ECONOMY - Infometrics forecastiing groups says NZ poised to reap benefits of 10 years of reform with enormous growth but Reserve bank could be stumbling block. Live i/v with co-author of Infometrics report, Andrew Gawith. PRINCESS DIANA - British MPs call for inquiry into how police investigation into nuisance calls made to wealthy London art dealer were leaked to media. Calls traced to Princess Diana's private phone lines. (Keith Chalkley) ASPAC/PAPERS
0800 NEWS/WEATHER RWANDA - Hutu killers join thousands of confused refugees milling around border crossings into Zaire. Zairean paratroopers keeping main bridge marking frontier closed. I/v with Save the Children Fund NZ director David Shearer about what he's seen near Zairean border. (Mng Rpt) FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST at Rolleston prison's Kia Marama unit for sexual abusers, Steve Hudson, urges govt to spend money on treatment programmes for young criminals and sex offenders before they become long term prison inmates. (Karlum Lattimore) BUSINESS/EDUCATION LINKS - how close should they be? Live i/v with president of World Assn for Co-operative education, Mark Killian. EARTHQUAKE in Southern Alps in June caused mountains to move 50 cms on earth's plate, accroding to VUW team of scientists. Live i/v with team leader, Dr Thora Arnadottir, about findings. AUSTRALIA - govt announces it will enact new laws to over-ride Tasmania's anti-homosexual sex laws, but federal law may itself be challenged by Tasmania and another state. (Phil Kafcaloudes)
0825 REG/NEWS/SPORT MāORI FISHING - urban Māori joining in debate over allocation of quota. Some are angry about Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission proposal to allocate benefits through tribes. Comment from June Jackson, Manukau Urban Māori Authority. (Adam Gifford) PHOTOGRAPHS of notorious atrocities committed during Japan's invasion of China in late 1930s found behind chimney in Ngaruawahia house. Live i/v with Dr illegible Barber, Waikato Univ history dept, who's been given the photos. HOSPITALS - visiting British dietitian, Richard Wilson, warns NZ hospital managers not to fall into trap of cutting corners on catering to save money. He's pushing for British authorities to set minimum standards for hospital food, after seeing quality deteriorate after introduction of competitive tendering for contracts. (Marie Hosking) CRIME - international expert on crime prevention Irvin Waller, director of Intl Centre for the Prevention of Crime, says NZ could be doing a lot more to reduce crime. He's i/ved live. KIM HILL PREVIEW COMMENT UNITED STATES - House of Representatives passes Crime Bill by 235 to 195 but moves on to perhaps tougher fight in Senate. Live i/v with Washington correspondent Connie Lawn.