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0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 Māori NEWS 1616 NEWS STORY GOVT. PROGRAMME - PM Jenny Shipley to make statement to Parliament today setting out govt's agenda for year, required by Standing Orders to outline legislative programme and other policy intentions for next 12 months. Debate ends in confidence vote. Comment from Mrs Shipley, criminologist Warren Young, Employers' Fedn chief exec Steve Marshall, and CTU secretary Angela Foulkes. (Clare Pasley)
0620 RURAL NEWS illegible STANDARDS - Wine Inst proposes new code of practice covering record-keeping in wineries and independent body to enforce standards, sees them as essential for protecting reputation of NZ wine in wake of mislabelling rows involving Coopers Creek and Lintz wineries last year. Inst chief exec Philip Gregan comments. (Kevin Ikin) ALLIGATOR WEED - Bay of Plenty regional council using provisions in Biosecurity Act to deal with new plant pest which it says could do serious damage to crops and waterways if allowed to take hold. South American native, alligator weed, already established in Northland, AK, and Waikato. (Kevin Ikin) FOOD INDUSTRY RESEARCH - Crop and Food Research Inst opens new $7 million centre in Palmerston North today. Chief exec Michael Dunbier says Inst focussing food research at facility which will link it with Massey Univ, Dairy Research Inst, and food companies. (Jill Galloway) U.S. - RED MEAT IRRADIATION approved by Agriculture Dept as means of curbing food-borne illnesses. (AAP)
0625 SPORTS STORY RUGBY/CRICKET - live i/v with reporter Gary Ahern. (NZRFU again comes out against expansion of Super 12 competition in foreseeable future; NZ keeps same team, minus injured Chris Cairns, for second one-day cricket international illegible South Africa in CH tomorrow; injured South African rugby player Kosie Van Vuuren set to make South African legal history by suing provincial union under provisions of Labour Relations Act after contract suspended when he disclosed an injury)
0630 NEWS
0635 NEWS STORY CANCER TEST - WN's Malaghan Inst developing new blood test to detect and monitor cancer, can be processed within hours and has potential to pixk up wide variety of cancers. Comment from Inst's Dr Mike Berrigan, Dr Peter Dady, Cancer Society, liver surgeon Richard Stubbs, and Dr David Perez, DN Hospital.(Paul Diamond)
0640 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
0642 MANA NEWS TIKANGA SYSTEM - Māori church leader says it's difficult to know how Anglican church's tikanga system might work for govt. RHYTHM AND BLUES - Māori couple believe they have best bar in country, catering mainly to Māori.
0648 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS COMMODITY PRICES - ANZ Bank's World Commodity Price Index shows prices now more than 11% lower than Dec 1977. Chief economist Bernard Hodgetts says index reflects weaker world economic activity and oversupply of some commodities. (Clare Sziranyi) NATIONAL BANK profit cut by restructuring costs associated with take-over of Countrywide Bank. (Gyles Beckford) COMPANY RESULTS - Telecom and Ports of Auckland profit results due out today - Clare Sziranyi looks at what they're likely to reveal. FINANCE/MARKETS MARKET REVIEW THAILAND - ECONOMY seen as one of first to emerge from Asian turmoil. INTERNET SEARCH - AK company Horizon Consultants signs multimillion dollar agreement with European investors to promote its search service, has created spare parts database on Internet where major industrial and engineering companies can buy and sell spare parts. (Clare Sziranyi) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS GOVT. PROGRAMME - what can we expect from PM Jenny Shipley's speech outlining govt's programme for next 12 months? Live i/v with Political editor Al Morrison; live i/v with Mrs Shipley; further live i/v with Al Morrison. BANK PRACTICES - concerns over lending practices focus of meeting today between senior govt members and Bank Customer Action Collective. Collective claims banks opting out of farm and small business loans because they're considered unviable, wants Banking Ombudsman's role changed to allow it to deal with wider illegible of consumer issues. (Bronwen Evans); live i/v with Banking Ombusdman Liz Brown.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS NZ PAPERS FINANCE UPDATE CANCER TEST - Malaghan Inst researchers say new blood test could make it easier to monitor way cancers progress and their treatment but is unlikely to be used to predict onset of cancer. I/v with Dr Mike Berridge, research team leader, and Richard Stubbs, liver surgeon. (Mng Rpt) IRAQ - U.S. ATTACK - US planes based in Turkey attack Iraqi air defences in northern Iraq as deputy PM Tariq Aziz meets Turkish leaders, making it clear he wants end to Turkish help for US and Britain in bombing Iraq. Live i/v with George Joffe, Royal Inst of International Affairs in London. WINE STANDARDS - Wine INst unveiling draft code of practice, follows 2 cases last year where established vineyards withdrew wines from market over labelling discrepancies. I/v with Inst exec director Philip Gregan and wine writer Keith Stewart. (Mng Rpt)
0800 NEWS/WEATHER GOVT. PROGRAMME - PM Jenny Shipley makes law and order an election year issue, particularly violent crime carried out in people's homes; live i/v with Peter Williams QC, president of Howard League for Penel Reform, and Police Assn president Greg O'Connor. BANK PRACTICES - Bank Customer Action Collective concerned banks opting out of farm and small business loans because they're considered unviable. Head of rural lending for National Bank, Charlie Graham, concedes there are problems but banks still interested in rural customers. Bankers' Assn acting exec director Errol Hanna declines i/v; Levin farmer and businessman Collis Blake i/ved live. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS NORTHERN IRELAND - new Assembly begins crucial meeting against background of bitter row over when IRA should begin to give up weapons, threatens to dealy Britain's handover of limited home rule powers on March 10. Irish PM Bertie Ahern uncomfortable over his comments which sparked row. Live i/v with correspondent David McKittrick. AUSTRALIA - GOODS AND SERVICES TAX - signs PM John Howard bowing to pressure over planned introduction, indicates capital gains tax could be changed to make it more competitive for investors. Live i/v with correspondent Michelle Grattan.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS SENTENCES - govt introducing longer sentences for attacks in people's homes and giving courts more flexibility in dealing with people serving life sentences, measures include increasing maximum sentences for aggravated robbery by 3-5 years. Measures to be announced in parliament today when PM Jenny Shipley set out programme for year. Live i/v with Labour leader Helen Clark. BABY INQUIRY - more parents whose premature babies received controversial form of chest physiotherapy expected to give evidence today to Health ministry inquiry. Percussion therapy carried out at AK's National Women's Hospital between April 1993-December 1994, involved tapping latex cup on baby's chest to clear secretions. Live i/v with reporter Lisa Owen. ECLIPSE - partial eclipse of Sun visible in skies over NZ this evening, cloud cover permitting. Live i/v with Alan Gilmour, Mt John Observatory. CHINESE NEW YEAR - Year of the Rabbit begins, with many hoping traditional peaceful and placid characteristics of the rabbit will bring significant change following turbulence of Year of the Tiger. Thousands of Chinese NZers gather to welcome in new year. Comment from MP Pansy Wong et al.(Caitlin Cherry) illegible BOAT - Spanish sailor Kitin Munoz's reed boat "Mata-Rangi 2" towed away from northern Chilena port of Arica as it heads out for 13,000 km voyage across Pacific to Micronesia. Live i/v with correspondent James Reynolds.