National Radio news and current affairs programme 'Morning Report'. Broadcasting nationwide every weekday morning including the weather forecast and coverage of major national and international stories, as well as business, sport, Pacific and Māori news.
This episode from 24 August 1989 is hosted by Maggie Barry and Geoff Robinson.
0700 NEWS (with Neil Billington)
0706 Main centres forecast.
CULLEN denies suggestion taken from his speech. Gerard Counsell interviews Michael Cullen, Social Welfare Minister.
0710 HAMNER Queen Mary Drug and Alcohol rehab centre saved: Joanne Webster interviews Dr Robert Crawford.
0713 GENERIC drugs research shows difference between them and brand name drugs: Peter Brittenden interviews Dr Richard Robson, Senior Lecturer.
0717 Live: WHALES grounded on Ninety Mile Beach: Maggie Barry interviews Richard Parish, Conservation Officer.
0721 CLERICAL Workers Union alarmed over safety of Auckland high-rise buildings: Rory Newsam interviews Martha Coleman, Clerical Workers Union spokesperson.
0724 WATERFRONT union successfully negotiates two national awards and separate port document: Report by Tino Pereira.
TEACHERS strongly oppose Education Bill before Parliament: Peter Aranyi interviews Peter Allen, NZEI.
0728 WEATHER (with Paul Bruce)
0730 NEWS (with Neil Billington) and SPORT (with Graeme Moody).
0741 INSURANCE Seminar told of increase in bugging devices: Rosalie Nelson interviews Mark Vanleeuwarden, Head of Private Investigators Firm.
0744 SOVIET economic and political restructuring creates many changes: Yuri Sokolov, Ambassador to New Zealand. Report by David Steemson.
0746 METROPOLITAN PAPERS
0750 Live: FRANKTON Railway Hall saved by City Council: Geoff Robinson interviews Maryanne Gaastra, Resident.
0753 LONDON riverboat tragedy touches New Zealand as mother flies to attend funeral: Report from UK correspondent Keith Chalkley.
0755 PATIENT consent may affect those treated in public hospitals: Dr Alec Sinclair. Sandra Coney, Patient Rights Campaigner. Report by Debbie Gee.
0758 CHINESE authorities to send recent graduates to work in the country: Report from James Miles, BBC.
STAR Letter to the Editor about Prime Minister names.
0800 NEWS (with Neil Billington)
0805 MUSIC
0810 Live: Palestine admitted to World Mental Health Federation: Maggie Barry interviews Dr Fathi Arafat, Head Palestine Red Crescent.
0816 RESERVE Bank Bill given support by visiting British economist: Gyles Beckford interviews Professor Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics.
0820 Live: NEPTUNE soon to be reached by Voyager Two space probe after 12 years: Geoff Robinson interviews Bruce Brymer from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
0827 TEACHERS may boycott 1990 celebrations that don't have bicultural perspective: Ruth Chapman, PPTA President. Pat Fowell, Australian Teacher’s Federation. Report by Sarah Boyd.
0830 NEWS (with Neil Billington)
0835 PAREMOREMO protests leads to sentence of 20 hours community service: Tuta Ngarimu. John Kelly. Report by Mary Fenwick.
0838 ABORIGINE woman to go to United Nations over shooting of husband by Sydney Police: Phil Kafcaloudes, Sydney.
0840 CRIMES Bill attacked by prostitutes and Aids Council: Jane Young interviews Katherine Healey, New Zealand Prostitutes Collective spokesperson and Don Mathieson, National Aids Council member.
0842 INSURANCE Industry worried over fly-by-nighters when disaster insurance effected: Rosalie Nelson interviews Lloyd Falck.
0846 Live: YACHT reaches Fiji, but search for missing husband ended: Geoff Robinson interviews Captain Buandromo, Fiji Home Affairs Ministry.
0848 AUSTRALIAN airline services shut down due to striking pilots: Report from correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes, Sydney.
CATHOLIC argument over inquiry into sexism still continues: Merle Nowland interviews Connie Purdue, petition organiser.
0853 WINE Industry worried over increase in excise tax in budget: Merle Nowland interviews Terry Dunleavey, Wine Institute.
0855 Live: FRUIT and Vegetable Market with Jack Forsyth.
Birdcall: Ruru / Morepork