Side one.
0700
00:00:35 NEWS with Peter Fry
00:05:32 WEATHER
0706 NEWS with Geoff Robinson and Fred Cockram
00:05:49 ELECTRICORP – major power users have gone on the attack over Electricorp’s plans not to release the prices it will be charging for wholesale power supplies this year. Rory Newsam reporting.
0710
00:09:42 AUSTRALIA - a song calling for land rights for Aboriginals to mark Australia Day today is part of the bi-centennial celebration across the Tasman. Graeme Dobell reporting from Canberra.
0713
00:12:38 FIJI – the cabinet, today, will be discussing the situation in Fiji. David Hines reporting.
0715
00:14:28 NEWS with Geoff Robinson and Fred Cockram
00:14:51 WEATHER
0717
00:17:07 RONALD REAGAN – President Ronald Reagan (United States), in a few hours from now, will deliver his 7th and last State of the Union message to a joint session of the American Congress. Connie Lawn reporting from Washington.
0719
00:18:51 STATE SECTOR BILL – widespread industrial action by public servants is looming in protest against the State Sector Bill due to take effect in April. The Public Service Association (PSA) is worried that public service conditions will be lost, and it’s planned a series of stop work meetings around the country next month. Claire Watson reporting from Auckland.
00:22:00 UNEMPLOYMENT – Employers' Federation says the unions must get message from the latest rise in unemployment that strikes and big wage claims will force more people out of work. Janice Rodenburg reporting.
0726
00:25:31 HEART TRANSPLANT – the condition of 13-year-old heart transplant patient Phillip Robinson continues at Auckland’s Greenlane Hospital. This follows earlier signs that his body was rejecting his new heart. Carla-Maria Lawson reporting from Auckland.
0727
00:26:50 EGYPT - Egypt's president (Hosni Mubarak) has begun a rapid tour of western capitals in a drive to stop the violence in the Israeli occupied territories. Diane Goodman reporting.
00:28:02 DUCHESS OF YORK – the Duchess of York (Sarah Ferguson) is expecting her first baby in August. The announcement was made in London a few hours ago and Prince Andrew is reported to be delighted by the news. Keith Chalkley reporting from London.
0730
00:29:32 NEWS with Peter Fry
00:34:30 WEATHER
00:34:48 SPORT
0740
00:39:51 BREATH TESTING – a suggestion that all motorists committing traffic offences at night should be breathalysed has drawn a caution response from the Minister of Transport, Bill Jeffries. Janice Rodenburg reporting.
0744
00:43:00 SPCA – the Wellington and Auckland divisions of the SPCA have joined forces and gone against the views of their National Director to try to stop the importation of American Pit Bull Terriers into this country. (audio cuts during story)
Side two.
00:00:00 NEWSPAPERS (audio starts halfway through)
0750
00:03:29 CERVICAL CANCER – the Auckland Cancer Society has its final say to the cervical cancer inquiry in Auckland this morning as the parties presents their closing submissions to judge Silvia Cartwright. Peter Kingston reporting from Auckland.
0754
00:07:28 COLOMBIA – in Colombia, gunmen have kidnapped the Attorney-General. He was ambushed in his vehicle and 2 police officers with him were gunned down by their assailants. Peter Nass reporting from Bogotá.
00:08:38 PRINCIPALS – an Otago University lecturer in Management (Dr Ian McAndrew) says the proposal to give school principals the power to set teacher’s salaries is asking for industrial chaos. Emily Flynn interviews Dr Ian McAndrew.
0758
00:11:26 WELLINGTON DISTRICT COURT – a new court procedure system gets underway in the Wellington District Court today and if it proves successful it may eventually be adopted on a national basis. Peter Cronshaw reporting from Wellington.
0800
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1200
00:13:59 NEWS with Peter Fry
1205
00:18:58 NEWS with Hewitt Humphrey
1217
00:29:54 SPORT
0722
00:34:57 NEWS with Hewitt Humphrey
0728
00:40:48 STOCK MARKET
1230
00:43:08 NEWS with Peter Fry