<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>6:30 radio new zealand news with hewitt humphrey official figures show that the trend of increasing unemployment in new zealand is continuing the latest figures available are from the household labour force survey carried out in march which puts the official unemployment total for the month at nearly a hundred and fifty seven thousand but the official figures are calculated on a strict international definition which doesn't take into account all those who new zealanders traditionally consider unemployed <,> as a result the statistics department has a separate <&>7:00 category under the heading jobless which shows that nearly two hundred and forty one thousand people were without work in march <,> australia's jobless rate has soared to almost one in ten of the workforce in the worst figures for nearly a decade unemployment in australia is now running at nine point nine percent <&>thirty eight seconds not transcribed ZZ the public service association says it will <&>8:00 seek a high court injunction if radio new zealand doesn't withdraw plans to cut staff pay by up to ten percent <,> the p s a general secretary colin clark says injunction papers will be lodged in the high court in wellington tomorrow afternoon if radio new zealand has not reconsidered its position the union wants an injunction to stop the company implementing the pay cuts mister clark says radio new zealand staff are concerned about the future of their organisation and concerned about saving jobs and protecting services but he says there's a strong feeling of resentment at the arbitrary decision to cut pay without allowing staff time to negotiate properly <,> colin clark says the company's decision to cut pay was precipitate and foolish <,> coal miners in western siberia have agreed to end their two month strike all but twelve mines in the vast kuznetsk basin are due to resume work tomorrow the agreement appears to be the last chapter in a series of strikes across the soviet union which are estimated to have cost the economy more than thirteen billion dollars <,> miners in the far <&>9:00 east region of acouta had voted earlier to resume work tomorrow but say they'll continue to press various demands <,> the settlement in the kuznetsk basin follows a deal under which president gorbachev will give up control of half the nation's coal mines to the russian federation which is led by his arch rival boris yeltsin mister yeltsin has promised the miners full economic independence including the right to switch to private ownership <,> a few coal mines in the far east and siberia remain strike bound but most are expected to reopen soon <,> a report to the government is recommending a major extension of the accident compensation scheme the report on asbestos looks at the health and compensation implications of exposure to asbestos which can cause lung diseases and cancer it recommends that a c c cover be extended to workers with any occupational disease resulting from jobs they had before nineteen seventy four when the a c c was introduced up until now nineteen seventy <&>10:00 four has been a cut off point tut the extension could cost a lot of money and labour minister bill birch says it raises some very interesting technical issues he says the government will be looking at whether it's the most appropriate way of dealing sympathetically with people suffering the effects of asbestos mister birch says there's no question that they deserve some form of compensation <,> the new zealand share market rose slightly today in quiet trading the barclays index is up twelve points to one thousand five hundred and sixty nine with many of the leading shares adding between three and five cents <,> the kiwi dollar strengthened across the board to trade at just over fifty nine american cents and seventy five point three australian <,> the government is making changes to the body which draws electorate boundaries it's amending the electoral act in a way which justice minister doug graham says will allow input from a wider range of organisations this will give minor parties a say by allowing submissions from all parties which won at least five percent of the <&>11:00 vote at the previous election <,> the amendment also provides for maori representatives from the government and opposition to be involved in drawing the boundaries for maori electorates doug graham says other technical changes to the way the representation commission operates will improve the quality of its decision making process and increase its efficiency the changes have the support of the opposition <&>11:19