0600 NEWS/SPORTS/WEATHER
0609 NZ NEWSPAPERS
0611 MāORI NEWS
0616 NEWS STORY: UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX place NZ in world's top 10, up from 14th place last year, biggest jump amongst top 20 industrialised nations. (Judy Lessing)
0621 RURAL NEWS
0626 NEWS STORY: TOKOROA POLICE - district commander Insp Paul Vlaanderen justifies using illegible constables for certain duties despite escape of 2 prisoners from police car after temporary constable escorting them to prison left them unattended and the keys in the ignition. Inquiry launched into why part-time officer did not follow procedure. Comment also from Regional Cdr Bruce Scot and Greg Fleming, Police Assn. (Corinne Ambler)
0630 NEWS
0636 SPORTS STORY: GOLF - US Open underway at Maryland Congressional Country Club. Course is 7,213 yards, longest in championship's history. Live i/v with correspondent Graeme Agars.
0640 OVERSEAS NEWSPAPERS
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0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: COMPANIES OFFICE - investigation by Commerce ministry show half the records on the Office's database are inaccurate. INVESTMENT PROTECTION - Investment Product and Advisor Disclosure Act comes into force in October, bringing superannuation funds, unti trusts, and life insurance within scope of Securities law. Simon McArley, tax partner with Kensington Swann, says new law might nothelp investors much. (Gyles Beckford) AUSTRALIA - ANZ BANK subject of speculation re take-over by international bank. Rumour seems to have little substance. FINANCE/MARKETS PACIFIC ISLANDS BUSINESS OF THE YEAR - AK commercial painting company, Panorama Painters and Decorators wins the award. Business Person of the Year is Pauline Winter, chief exec of Workbridge, non-profit orgn providing vocational services to the disabled. Enterprise Award went to Cindy Gibbons, co-owner of AK women's large size clothing shop, Precious Vessels. (Gyles Beckford) GOVERNMENT BONDS - govt expected to make big enough surplus to cover bond repayments, raising prospect it will have no real need to market for funds. But ANZ Bank economist Bernard Hodgetts thinks the govt will be wanting to borrow as much as billion dollars. (Gyles Beckford) NZ WINE MAKERS start all-out effort to get more recognition and sales in US market. (Judy Lessing) BUSINESS BRIEFS
0700 INTRO/NEWS ASSET TESTING - Health minister Bill English says coalition promise to remove asset testing for elderly in long-term hospital care won't feature in this year's budget and there's no indication it will ever happen. Removal of asset testing was key plank in NZ First's senior citizens policy. Issue could put coalition on another collision course over health. Comment from Associate Health minister Neil Kirton, MPs Annette King and Pam Corkery: live i/v with Paul Hobbs, Grey Power president. COMPANIES OFFICE - Commerce ministry report leaked by Labour MP Trevor Mallard says half the records on the Office's database are inaccurate. Trevor Mallard i/ved live. UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX - annual index places NZ 9th in terms of quality of life; says globalisation of economy not necessarily helping developing countries, while in former Soviet Union and Eastern bloc countries, the shift to a market economy has impoverished 120 million people. I/v with Geneva UN correspondent Owen Bennett-Jones about significance of the report. (Mng Rpt) TEACHER SAFETY - some Tauranga teachers considering regitering disruptive pupils at workplace hazard under Health and Safety Act. PPTA's Western Bay region says registration would put onus on boards of trustees to take responsibiity for staff safety at work. Live i/v with PPTA regional chair Alan Dickson; live i/v with OSH spokesperson Lisa-Maree Richan.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS FINANCE UPDATE ANZ BANK subject of speculation re possible take-over by Dutch bank Internationale Nederlanden Groep, ING. Last week, rumour mills were busy over Westpac. Live i/v with Economics correspondent Bronwen Evans. USED CAR IMPORTS - AK's Wholesale Car Bazaar's licence suspended by Motor Vehicle Dealers' Licensing Board after evidence presented that ii cars on lot had been "clocked". Comment from Motor Vehicle Dealers' Inst president Grant Daniel, Imported Motor Vehicle Dealers' Assn spokesman John Nicholls, and AA spokesman Geordie Cassin. (Gael Woods); MVDI moves come after crusade by Dermott Nottingham to expose "biggest fraud ever against the NZ public". He's i/ved live. RUGBY LEAGUE - AK WARRIORS - speculation re sale firms with first public announcement of bid being mounted by group including former NZ coach Graham Lowe, ex-Kiwi Dean Lonergan, and PR consultant Malcolm Boyle. (Kent Caddick) U.S. - OKLAHOMA BOMB - after an emotional hearing from Timothy McVeigh's mother, jury retires to decide whether he should die by lethal injection or illegible life imprisonment. Live i/v with correspondent Jerry Bell.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER ASSET TESTING - no comment available from the following on the failure to include coalition promise to abolish it for the elderly in long term hospital care in upcoming busget: Health minister Bill English, Associate Health minister Neil Kirton, Senior Citizens minister Robyn McDonald. COMPANIES OFFICE - live i/v with AK commercial lawyer David Jones about the implications of the discovery that the Office's database is faulty. AIR NEW ZEALAND - further staff losses on way. Company has already announced loss of 396 people from catering service and is in process of looking at further cutbacks. Comment from Corporate Affairs manager David Beatson and CTL president Ken Douglas. (Eric Frykberg); Air NZ not alone in cutting back, ever British Airways is making cuts as deregulation and open skies agreements allow flock of new competitors into air. Live i/v with David Learmont, "Flight International" magazine. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS URBAN MāORI gathering in AK to discuss whether to pursue treaty rights through iwi or via Urban Māori Authority. Comment from Willie Jackson of Manukau urban Māori Authority, MP Tariana Turia and activist Ken Mair. (Lisa Owen) TEACHER SAFETY - live i/v with PPTA president Martin Cooney and Owen Edgerton, acting president of School Trustees' Assn, re idea of registering disruptive students as workplace hazards.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS GOLF - US OPEN well under way at Congressional Country Club in Maryland. Live report from Graham Agars. FIJI - CONSTITUTION - PM Sitiveni Rabuka in NZ to address business conference and to attend match against All Blacks - i/ved about the new constitution, is it possible for Indians to win a majority? (Mng Rpt) MāORI LAND COURT ruling on "paper road" near Urewera National Park - Wairoa District Council to seek judicial review of ruling returning land to local Māori. Local recreational groups are also appealing ruling. (Heugh Chappell) FEEDBACK OZ SPOT - live i/v with correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. (lawyers' fees;NSW politicians' junket; unemployment figures)