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 20 December 1989 is hosted by Geoff Robinson and Kim Hill.
0700 NEWS (with Peter Fry)
0705 Main centres forecast.
0706 ROMANIA: Soldiers patrolling capital to prevent further unrest. Report from Sallie Ecroyd, BBC.
ROMANIA: More details from Jim Fish, BBC.
ROMANIA: International condemnation of events, Mark Brayne, BBC.
0711 CZECHOSLOVAKIAN government announces it will accept Civic Forum opposition leader Václav Havel as President, Report from David Belham.
PARCEL BOMB attack kills black lawyer in American state of Georgia – third attack in past few days. Report from Judy Lessing, New York.
0715 CAPITAL GAINS: Bewildered reaction to tax discussion paper. Rosalie Nelson interviews Ian Dixon, Economist.
0720 EQUITICORP: Legal action underway to overthrow statutory managers. Report by Peter Verschaffelt.
0721 PETROL: Minister of Energy suggests motorists not benefiting from deregulation. Duncan McDonald, Motor Trade Association. Barry Robertson, Road Transport Association. Report by Peter Abernethy.
ENERGY Minister David Butcher rejects suggestions that petrol deregulation has failed. Report by Paul Jackman.
0726 KINLEITH: 240-million-dollar modernisation of mill is to go ahead. Report by Gyles Beckford.
0728 WEATHER (with Paul Woolfe)
0730 NEWS (with Peter Fry) & SPORT (with Peter Williams)
0740 JAPAN/CHINA: Japanese Government to forcibly repatriate 300 Chinese. Report from William Horsley BBC.
DISSIDENT group in Sydney trying to raise support for Federation for Democracy in China. Kim Hill interviews Tian Chua. FFDIC.
0747 METROPOLITAN PAPERS
0750 OLD PLANTS: New Zealand Scientist finds one of world's oldest living plants in Antarctica. Report by Michael Kopp.
0752 LIVE: DRUGS: Kim Hill interviews Sir John Scott. New Zealand Drugs Foundation Chairman.
0758 BEATLE George Harrison in legal battle over property on Australian resort island. Report by Phil Kafcaloudes.
0800 NEWS (with Peter Fry)
0805 MUSIC
0810 COMPACT between Government and Council of Trade Unions - structure unveiled today. Report by Janice Rodenburg.
LIVE: COMPACT: Geoff Robinson interviews Ken Douglas. Council of Trade Unions President.
0819 CAPITAL GAINS discussion paper reaction. David Caygill, Finance Minister. Ruth Richardson, Opposition Finance Spokesperson. Frank Owen, taxation specialist. Basil Logan, Committee Against Capital Taxes. Report by Peter Verschaffelt.
0725 LIVE: NEW GUINEA: Geoff Robinson interviews Jim yer Wiam. Minister of Conservation and Environment in Papua New Guinea.
0830 NEWS (with Peter Fry)
0836 LIVE: CANCER: Kim Hill interviews Dr Brian Harmon from Brisbane on research on heat treatment for cancer cells.
0843 WATER SAFETY Council warns about recreational drownings over holiday season. Nona Pelletier interviews Graham Egarr, Education Officer.
0846 CHRISTCHURCH building changes hands in mortgagee sale before completion. Gerard Counsell interviews Dave OConnell, Building Trades Union.
0849 LIVE: PIGEONS: Kim Hill interviews Frank Brownie on 25 birds in Chatham Islands to New Zealand race all disappeared.
0853 BALLOON will soon be circling Antarctica. Report by Judy Lessing.
0855 CAMPERS warned to be careful when handling unrefrigerated food. Nona Pelletier interviews Dr. Neil Prentice, Medical Association.
SANTA [Sarah Kaitlynch] interviews a Wellington Santa on what children have been asking for Christmas this year.