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0650 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: FINANCE ELECTRICITY COMPANIES - Ernst and Young report on industry says there's no evidence that companies are making monopoly profits but is evidence some are losing money. Report author Joanna Sofield says there still isn't enough competition in industry. (Bronwen Evans) INTEREST RATES - AMP's non-banking home lender ERGO says its latest cut in floating mortgage rate to 9.4% puts pressure on traditional lenders to lower floating rates. Comment from managing director Graham Meyer. (Mark Crysell) MACRAE'S MINING makes record pre-tax profit of $23 million, more than double last year's. Macrae's operates goldmine in east Otago and boosted gold production by 27% during year. (Mark Crysell) AUSTRALIA - INFLATION falls to lowest level in more than 2 and half years, 1.5% annual rate. Hopes rising for another cut in interest rates. (Zandra Sharpe) APPLE AND PEAR BOARD starts cost-cutting moves to increase export returns to growers. Chief exec Gary Smith says appointment of new Global Operations manager and new position of Marketing dirctor start of process. (Heugh Chappell) BRITISH AIRWAYS/AMERICAN AIRLINES - forces gathering against planned union. 5 US and British airlines want US inquiry into venture as deal would give new alliance considerable dominance of certain routes and landing rights at Heathrow. Comment from Salomon Bros aviation analyst Julius Maldutis. (Gyles Beckford) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS AOTEAROA TELEVISION - revealed that 2 men who helped design "winebox" tax deals are involved in company. (Peter Brannigan and Anthony McCullagh). Inquiries have also found that company originally approved for state funding had different name from one now operating. Live report from Maria Slade; Communications minister Maurice Wiliamson syas it's not up to Crown to check into management of any company; Labour leader Helen Clark calls for inquiry into taxpayer funding of Aotearoa Televison - i/ved live. BANK ROBBERY/MURDER - 19 year old man arrested after fatal hold-up of Westpac Trust bank in Naenae (Lower Hutt) to be charged with murder of staff member Bill Brown. Debate over bank security resurfaces. Comment from Simon Carlaw, Bankers' Assn, Paul Goulter of FinSec, Mr Brown's brother-in-law Lloyd Kelly, and Brian Skinner, shot in 1994 hold-up. (Clare Sziranyi)
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS POWER COMPANIES - Ernst and Young report concludes companies not making monopoly profits. Author Joanna Sofield says although there's still lack of competition in industry, power companies don't seem to be taking advantage of it in order to make huge profits; live i/v with Energy minister Max Bradford. MāORI BROADCASTING - funding cut for Aotearoa Māori Radio brings to head the issue of funding for Māori radio. Station took action against funding agency Te Mangai Paho for cutting funding by 60% but lost. Other iwi stations pondering how to pay for future of iwi broadcasting. (Karen Gregory-Hunt); Aotearoa Radio's head of board of trustees, Pauline Butt, blames Te Mangai Paho for uncertainty over future of Māori broadcasting. (Mng Rpt) GIBRALTAR - Britain again rejects Spanish proposal for joint sovereignty for 100 years, followed by Spain taking full control. Britain dismisses proposal as being against democratic rights of the people. I/v with correspondent Adela Gooch. FINANCE
0800 NEWS/WEATHER MāORI BROADCASTING - funding arm Te Mangai Paho responsible for money that goes illegible govt to Māori radio and television stations. How are the decisions made, what checks are there on money delivered? Live i/v with chair Hiwi Tauroa. BANK ROBBERY/MURDER - i/v with Det Snr Sgt Bruse Scott about sequence of events. (Mng Rpt) PAPERS CONSERVATION DEPT - new minister Nick Smith outlines wider and more active role for DoC in next 3 years. Environmental groups encouraged by his attitude and path DoC likely to take. (Leigh-Anna Wiig); live i/v with Nick Smith. NORTHLAND JUDGE - depositions hearing for Martin Beattie set to finish today. Glenda Wakeham reports live.
0830 NEWS FIJI - CONSTITUTION CHANGE - anonymous report recommends scrapping proposals made by commissin headed by Sir Paul Reeves, Which recommended moving awany from ethnic Fijian domination and towards more multi-racial society. Anonymous report tabled in Parliament condemns commission as unqualified, biased and accuses commissioners of exceeding terms of refernce. Live i/v with correspondent Shiu Singh. BRITAIN - HUNGER STRIKE - fears for 16 asylum seekers from Algeria, Somalia, Russia and Nigeria who've been on hunger strike at Rochester Prison for almost month. Govt says they won't be force-fed but Labour Party and church representatives are applying pressure on issue. (Keith Chalkley) EYE DISEASE - Health ministiry concerned growing number of travellers to Pacific Islands are returing with highly contagious conjunctivitis. WHO has issued alert and NZ Public Health director Gillian Durham calls for public vigilance. She's i/ved live. U.S. DOLLAR is up 50% against yen and 14% against mark, and while Treasury secretary Robert Rubin is backing a high dollar, not all Americans are happy about it. (Judy Lessing) HERBAL PRODUCT deemed safe by Health ministry concerning groups with youth welfare interests. Youth Affairs ministry, Children's Commissioner and Media Watch all concerned about dietary supplement "Herbal Ecstasy". (Gael Woods) FRUIT AND VEG REPORT with Jack Forsythe.