<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>12:31 radio new zealand news read by john rundle ethiopian president mengistu haile mariam resigned and fled the country today as rebels advanced towards the capital addis ababa tut he's replaced by his vice president lieutenant general tisfay gabrikenan the commander of troops in eritrea where secessionist rebellion has been going on for thirty years tut it's understood that lieutenant colonel mengistu flew to kenya accompanied by around a dozen people and is bound for zimbabwe where he and <&>13:00 his <.>family where he sent his family several months ago tut he had ruled his famine plagued country since seizing power under the banner of marxism in nineteen seventy seven three years after the over throw of emperor hayli selassi setting up a one party regime inspired by those of the old communist block tut in march last year he announced that ethiopia would abandon marxism and go over to a mixed economy but a formidable offensive was launched in february by tigrean and eritrean rebels <,> former east german premier willy stoff and his defence minister heinz kaessler <,> have been arrested in berlin and will probably be charged over the deaths of a hundred and ninety east germans shot trying to escape the west two other members of the east german defence council generals fritz strelitz and hans albrechts have been detained with them the four men are in custody in berlin germany has a warrant out for the former east german leader eric honnecker seventy eight on the same charge <&>14:00 and mister honnecker who is said to be seriously ill was moved to the soviet union on march thirteenth by soviet military authorities tut the new zealand defence establishment will be concentrating on the lessening of equipment and the pooling of resources with allies in the future the latest review of defence policy suggests this is one method of cutting costs and reaffirming our commitment to an internationalist defence focus tut the white paper says there are growing opportunities to lease ships and aircraft as logistic support to transport troops and equipment in the event of an emergency inhales the review also suggests camps and bases should be leased and some defence tasks privatised the prime minister says the government will also be taking on board the paper's recommendation of closer cooperation with australia he says military assets such as amachi jet trainers could be shared with australia as part of a plan to pool training and support facilities <,> the employers <&>15:00 federation says there are still some positive <.>shines signs showing up in the economy the employers director steve marshall says though confidence in the economy remains low it can't remain low for much longer tut he told the auckland regional chamber of commerce opportunities in the market are being taken and while people are cautious they're starting to move overseas interest is being shown with manufacturing of service operators from australia the united states japan singapore china and elsewhere <,> cabinet's rejection of a plea from maori affairs minister winston peters that he retain responsibility for treaty of waitangi claims is being interpreted by the opposition as having serious implications for maoridom northern maori m p bruce gregory says it appears that mister peters now has no responsibility for treaty issues which is of grave <.>reser concern to maoridom mister gregory says justice minister doug graham's reference to a potential <&>16:00 conflict of interest if <.>mit mister peters has responsibility shows that cabinet has no confidence in the maori side of the treaty of waitangi partnership he says it appears that prime minister jim bolger is winning his battle to take control of maori issues for the government <,> immigration minister bill birch has been consulting with ethnic groups on the government plans for immigration mister birch told the home tutors association the government is close to making final decisions on how to implement its policies of revamping the immigration system he paid tribute to the work of home tutors in helping immigrants learn english and settle into new zealand mister birch says the government's aim is to attract high calibre migrants with skills and capital and to also strive for balance in the ethnic and cultural make up of the nation he says useful suggestions from the ethnic groups he's consulted include the need for migrants to have some knowledge of the new zealand culture and the place of the tangata whenua tut he says <&>17:00 that would better prepare immigrants and would certainly ease the workload of home tutors <,> one of the partners in northland's illfated catfish farming project says the government is about to make a deal on compensation tut matiu rata former chairman of the muri whenua incorporation says a proposal before the cabinet later this month could see an offer of fishing quota instead of the one point six million dollars sought by the catfish partners muri whenua and presbyterian support services thousands of young channel catfish were destroyed last year after an environmental impact report said the fish farm posed too great a risk to natural species matiu rata says a fishing quota would also help fulfil the project's original aim to bring jobs to northland tut the youngest brother of northern maori m p bruce gregory has pleaded guilty to a charge of <.>foo <.>of of shooting four kereru or native pigeons ian gregory appeared in the kaitaia district court today and was sentenced to a hundred and fifty hours of <&>18:00 community work and his gun confiscated <,> gregory's conviction follows a debate between maoris and conservationists over whether maori people can continue to hunt and eat endangered species such as the godwit albatross and native pigeons 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