Side one.
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00:00:42 NEWS with Peter Fry
00:05:42 WEATHER
0706 NEWS with Geoff Robinson and Fred Cockram
00:06:01 UNEMPLOYMENT – the latest unemployment figures have drawn strong criticism of the government from a wide variety of sources. There has been calls for a review of government policy from the Opposition, the Unemployed Workers Union and even from the Labour Youth Council. Janice Rodenburg reporting.
00:13:05 CRIME – there are fears that crime will rise because of the high unemployment rate in both Manukau City in South Auckland and in Northland. Makerita Urale reporting from Auckland.
0716
00:15:28 NEWS with Geoff Robinson and Fred Cockram
00:15:54 WEATHER
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00:18:12 LONDON – experts now believe that the disastrous fire last year at the King’s Cross Railway Station (London) is caused by a discarded match. The November fire left 31 people died. Keith Chalkley reporting from London.
00:20:13 FIJI – the attempt by 3 Fijians to force their way into Radio Fiji to go on air last Friday is a sign of the growing instability there according to Richard Naidu, the former Spokesperson for ousted Prime Minister Dr Timoci Bavadra. David Hines interviews Richard Naidu.
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00:22:40 COAL MINING – the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Helen Hughes, is calling for new laws covering compensation for land damaged by coal mining. Rory Newsam reporting.
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00:25:13 KEN PIDDINGTON – the Minister of Conservation, Helen Clarke, says the appointment of the Conservation Department Head, Ken Piddington, to the World Bank honours New Zealand experience in the environment and conservation areas. Ken Piddington is interviewed.
0731
00:30:39 NEWS with Peter Fry
00:35:08 WEATHER
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00:35:25 SPORT
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00:40:24 ANTARCTIC – the Antarctic treaty nations are now entering their second week of negotiations to regulate the search for oil and minerals in the Antarctic. David Hines interviews Professor Ken Keith, expert on international law (Victoria University).
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00:44:07 FIJI - Fijian teachers wanting to come to New Zealand are being rejected, despite a severe shortage of secondary teachers in this country. Janice Rodenburg reporting.
00:45:36 NEWSPAPERS
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Side two.
00:00:00 NEWSPAPERS - continued
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00:03:01 ISRAEL - Israel's Defence Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, has ordered his troops to stop beating demonstrators in the Israeli-occupied territories except for those directly involved in violence. Hugh Schofield reporting from Jerusalem.
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00:04:19 METEORITE – a ship’s officer (David Barnes) who saw a large meteorite which flashed over much of New Zealand early yesterday morning has described it has a spectacular sight. Duncan Mackay interviews David Barnes.
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00:05:45 LOTTO – Lotto Chief Executive, David Bale, has rejected a suggestion that Lotto is out of hand and that an age limit needs to be imposed on people buying tickets. David Hines interviews David Bale.
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00:07:55 HEART TRANSPLANT – the Christchurch heart transplant patient, Adrienne Mackwell, is recuperating at her home after returning from Sydney’s St Vincent's Hospital, where she had the operation. Gideon Porter interviews Adrienne Mackwell.
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00:10:00 TOURISM – New Zealand’s latest tourist promotion, aimed at putting New Zealand on the international food fair map, gets underway in Queenstown today. The Taste New Zealand campaign, which hopes to show that there is more to this country then mountains, lakes and forests is being sponsored by the Tourism and Publicity Department. Philip Liner reporting.
00:11:58 WEATHER
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00:13:35 NEWS with Peter Fry
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00:18:13 NEWS with Hewitt Humphrey
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00:30:30 SPORT
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00:35:27 NEWS with Hewitt Humphrey
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00:40:58 STOCK MARKET
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00:42:40 NEWS with Peter Fry