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US-USSR Summit.
Athol Hutton, spokesman for the owners of the Whakatu Meatworks in Hawke’s Bay, claimed tonight that blame for the closure should be put on the National Party who deregulated the freezing industry. A prime mover in that move was John Falloon who is interviewed. Speaker: John Falloon (Opposition Agriculture Spokesman).
Sir Edmund Hilary, New Zealand’s Ambassador to India, is interviewed about the Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s forthcoming visit to New Zealand.
Rajiv Gandhi speaks about the assassination attempt on him.
A report on the effect of Reganomics on the American middle-class.
America’s Cup highlights.
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Police Minister Ann Hercus says a full inquiry will be launched into claims that gangs have been overpaid for work done on Government funded work schemes in the South Island.
The Wellington patient at the centre of the heart transplant row, Des Tucker, is tonight in Wellington Hospital after suffering a minor heart attack.
A group of Sri Lankan Tamils have denied allegations that they are plotting to kill Rajiv Gandhi when he arrives in New Zealand for a state visit tomorrow.
Four New Zealanders who were aboard a Panamanian registered fishing trawler which was sunk by a French gunboat in the Southern Indian Ocean are expected back in New Zealand soon. Speaker: Diana Symnes (Crewman’s Wife).
The All Blacks left tonight for a month long tour of France. However the Cavaliers rugby tour continues to haunt the players as they were surprised at the airport by an angry mob of anti-apartheid protestors. Speaker: Jock Hobbs (All Black Captain).
Rugby Union Chairman Russ Thomas won’t comment on reports that the rebel Cavaliers were paid an average of $90,000 each for the tour of South Africa.
KZ7 has scored an easy victory over Eagle in the America’s Cup Challenger Series.
Soviet Union withdrawal from Afghanistan.
San Salvador earthquake.
Finance news.