News and Current Affairs.
Two aircraft operators have been grounded until they come up to scratch following the first stage of a nationwide investigation into third level airlines, after a rash of accidents this year.
A Tongan cargo ship is shadowing a yacht sailed by a New Zealand woman whose husband was swept overboard in heavy seas. The woman and her two children are about 190 miles south of Fiji and are expected to make land tomorrow.
Two other yachties are missing from Irish Mist off the entrance to Tauranga Harbour.
The union movement says the National Party is trying to take the country back to the industrial strife of the late 1970s. National today revealed the principals it will use as a base for its industrial relations policy, but the Combined Trade Union says the policy is union busting.
Farm export earnings have reached a record high propelled by strong overseas earnings.
The Department of Social Welfare lowered the boom today on the controversial Hopetown rehabilitation community in Northland. No longer will Hopetown be recognised as a suitable treatment centre for disadvantaged youngsters. And special Social Welfare funding will cease forthwith. The Social Welfare inquiry began five weeks ago, a day after Eyewitness News began its own investigation into Hopetown and its guru leader. Today’s official report supports the Eyewitness’s findings of a programme which lacks accountability and merit.
To give up a child for adoption is perhaps the most heart-rendering separation that any mother can face. Often the decision to adopt out is later regretted. Tonight we have a story about one such woman. A woman who was given an all expenses paid trip to Canada to have her baby. What seemed like a good idea has not only turned into a personal nightmare for the woman concerned, but has angered lawyers and social workers in this country. They believe she may have been unduly pressured into giving her consent for adoption, and want to ensure that other women don’t make the same mistake. Nicola, the mother, is interviewed.
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