National Radio News and current affairs programme ‘Morning Report’.
Broadcasting nationwide every weekday morning from 6am to 9am and covering major national and international stories, as well as business, sport and Pacific and Māori affairs.
07:00am
NEWS
07:06am
LIVE
MANDELA: Kim Hill interviews Michael White, Guardian political reporter, on the meeting between Mandela and Thatcher.
07:12am
WHALING: The International Whaling Commission meeting in Holland discuss the moratorium on whaling and other “at risk” sea mammals. Wayne Brittenden reports, LIVE.
07:13am
LAW: Geoff Robinson interviews Michael Cullen, Ministry for Social Welfare and Dot Kettle, lawyer, on police briefing young people on their rights before questioning them.
07:25am
FIJI nurses strike enters its sixth day, despite government calls to return to work. Mirianni Tokaanu reports.
SOVIET Communist Party congress discusses its future, beginning with a call to halt an industrial mining strike. Kevin Connolly, BBC.
07:27am
WEATHER
07:30
NEWS and SPORT
07:37am
ELECTRICITY Supply Association says New Zealand prices are relatively amongst the lowest in the world. Peter Verschaffelt interviews Barrie Laey, Electricity Supply Association’s Executive Director.
07:44am
FORESTS: Government moves to ban clear-felling of native forest, threatening jobs in the wood chipping industry. Rory Newsam interviews Guy Salmon, Maruia Society.
07:47am
METROPOLITAN PAPERS
07:50am
PRISON officials are meeting to plan changes in New Zealander's prisons to help break the “cycle of crime”. Janice Rodenburg interviews Kim Workman, Deputy Secretary for Justice, LIVE.
Continued…
PRISONS: Geoff Robinson interviews Peter Williams, Queen's Counsel, Chairperson Howard League for Penal reform.
08:00am
NEWS/LOCAL BREAKOUT
08:10am
MANDELA calls for direct negotiations between IRA and Britain, drawing a correlation between the ANC’s struggle with the apartheid regime and the British/ IRA conflicts. Kim Hill interviews Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein.
08:17am
BANKERS Association are not keen on appointing a banking ombudsman for New Zealand, as complaints against banks mount. Nona Pelletier interviews Simon Carlaw of the Bankers Association, LIVE.
08:22am
ENGINEERS: Kim Hill interviews Rex Jones, Engineering Union Secretary has decided to stay with the Labour Party.
08:30am
NEWS LIVE
08:40am
SMOKEFREE: Kim Hill interviews Jenny Kirk, Acting Committee Chairperson, and Michael Thompson, tobacco industry representative.
08:42am
TOYS - A push for mandatory safety standards is on the table for children under three, with pushback from the toymaking industry who say toys are internationally compliant already. Nona Pelletier interviews Simon Holdsworth, Toy Distributors Association, LIVE.
08:47am
HENLEY: Geoff Robinson interviews Henare Te Ua, in Henley for a regatta, where a Māori waka will take part.
08:50am
ADOPTION: Opposition says the government are waging an anti-intercountry adoption campaign by deliberately blocking adoption of children from abroad. Jenny Shipley speaks on behalf of the opposition.
08:52am
CONSERVATION - An order has been placed on Ahuriri River for wading birds, one of them the Black Stilt, one of New Zealand’s most endangered wading birds. Peter Abernethy interviews Mark Bellingham, Royal Forest and Bird Society.
08:54am
ALBANIA – Several people have been killed by police during civil unrest and demonstrations with West Germany planning to send assistance. Matt Frei reports for BBC, LIVE.
08:55am
FRUIT and VEGE: Jack Forsythe with the weekly look at the fruit and vegetable market.