<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>0:21 good evening secondary school principals converged on wellington today for a crisis meeting about cuts to education their show of strength is aimed at budget cut backs they say will mean seven hundred fewer teachers in high schools next year <&>0:35 <&>section not transcribed <&>2:17 the reserve bank's attempt to pump more money into the economy has been labelled too little too late by maori affairs minister winston peters as ruth richardson's financial management comes under fire from government m ps peters is now publicly calling for big changes in economic strategy he's describing the country's financial position as low flying with an erebus economy <&>2:39 <&>section not transcribed <&>4:17 a fourth new zealander has been discovered among the united nations team being held in iraq tim sopp originally of tauranga has been working overseas for some years tonight he said he and the other inspectors were in good spirits and waiting patiently to be released <&>4:32 <&>section not transcribed <&>6:15 and it's just been announced that another four army medical personnel will join united nations teams in iraq the soldiers will provide medical back up for the u n teams implementing the ceasefire agreement the defence department says there's no connection between tonight's decision and the three kiwi army medics currently caught with a u n weapons inspection team in baghdad the dying wish of a twenty three year old american girl was presented to congress today in a bid to shame her government into changing the law kimberley bergalis is one of four patients who went to their dentist with toothache and came away with aids now her campaign's arousing strong and mixed emotions <&>6:54 <&>section not transcribed <&>8:45 condoms used to be hidden away behind chemist counters or mailed out in brown paper bags today they were taken to parliament in a publicity stunt aimed at reducing unwanted pregnancy and preventing sexually transmitted diseases <&>8:57 <&>section not transcribed <&>10:14 nelson emergency services went on to full alert today with a gas leak reported at the city's biggest factory two hundred workers were sent home many of them complaining of headaches and nausea but in the end it turned out to be a false alarm <&>10:27 <&>section not transcribed <&>11:31 there's more to come on three national news skipper grant dalton sails into a sponsorship deal <,> and a great human experiment begins in the arizona desert <&>11:40 <&>advertisements <&>14:23 acting prime minister don mckinnon came under attack from grey power over the government's move to income test pensioners angry <.>citi senior citizens are calling for a fairer deal or the national government will lose their support at the polls <&>14:36 <&>section not transcribed recording cut off <&>15:43 demonstration of how hard times are in the meat industry while many large companies are being forced to close a small meat works in dunedin is taking on extra staff the result thousands of job seekers for just a few positions <&>15:57 <&>section not transcribed <&>17:05 the future is uncertain for a hundred workers at the wellington city council's troubled ngauranga abattoir staff left work for what could be the last time this afternoon <&>17:15 <&>section not transcribed <&>17:17 while the council has a prospective buyer for the plant the deal hasn't been closed leaving workers in the lurch <&>17:25 <&>section not transcribed <&>18:10 the romanian government is warning it won't tolerate further violence from coal miners who have twice stormed the parliament buildings troops have been placed on a war footing to prevent what the authorities describe as an attempted coup <&>18:24 <&>section not transcribed <&>19:29 a government funded health body's set to make a sponsorship splash in the world's biggest yacht race three national news understands that the health sponsorship council set up as an alternative to tobacco sponsorship will back grant dalton's yacht in the next whitbread round the world race it's believed the sponsorship worth more than a million dollars was given the go ahead today <&>19:50 <&>section not transcribed <&>21:22 the all blacks have arrived in england to doubts over their ability to hold on to the world cup to tell us about that and what else is big in sport here's eric young <&>21:30 <&>section not transcribed <&>23:10 next secondary schools under pressure leighton smith talks to a teacher's representative about the frustrations they face <&>23:16 <&>advertisements <&>26:18 recapping our top stories tonight on three national news a fourth new zealander tim sopp is part of the united nations weapons inspection team being held captive in a baghdad car park winston peters launched an attack on the reserve bank today saying the easing of the money supply is too little too late secondary school principals held a crisis meeting in wellington today to discuss cuts to education with more on that story here's leighton smith <&>26:45 <&>section not transcribed <&>31:24 <&>side two <&>0:00 <&>section not transcribed <&>3:07 thanks leighton a success story a timaru bike manufacturer pedals his wares on the export market that story when we come back <&>3:15 <&>advertisements <&>6:23 mine protesters are digging in to protect muriwai beach from australian prospectors the government has been asked to turn down a licence request but the minister of energy says there's no harm in looking <&>6:33 <&>section not transcribed <&>7:55 returning to <.>our returning to our top stories this news hour secondary principals are angry <&>8:00 and frustrated that changes in education may cost teachers their jobs they called an urgent meeting in wellington to discuss several issues <,,> kimberley bergalis who got aids from her dentist fulfilled her dying wish today testifying before the u s congress she urged them to make aids testing mandatory <,> in nelson today ambulances were called to sealords fish factory where several employees reported feeling ill authorities thought there might be a gas leak it turned out to be the flu <,> in tonight's money matters it's the only bicycle factory in new zealand and it's making big inroads in the european market timaru based cycle makers is steadily building up speed with professionals who want custom made bikes <&>8:44 <&>section not transcribed <&>9:55 elsewhere in business air new zealand catering <&>10:00 staff in christchurch have turned down the airline's final contract offer which includes a thirty percent pay cut the country's largest home lender trust bank has cut its interest rates down to eleven point two five percent along with the national bank australia and the b n z petrol prices will soon be well over a dollar a litre with the new a c c levy of two cents and a predicted increase in wholesale prices <,> a west auckland company has scored <&>pronounced scalled a small but significant export coup with the japanese market maclaren motor sport limited has just completed work restoring a ninety sixty three three point eight jaguar for a japanese businessman the company is hoping this contract will lead to more classic car restorations <,> looking at the money markets the dollar fell against all three currencies today the sharemarket continued to climb today but not as rapidly as earlier in the week <,> the leaders were mixed but rank group leapt one dollar ten to close at more than eight dollars <,> now eric's back with three national sport <&>10:59 <&>section not transcribed advertisements and weather <&>28:11 thanks belinda finally tonight the word yuppie took on new meaning today as a horde of young upwardly mobile professionals became more mobile than usual instead of a run on the stock market today the yuppies pounded dunedin's queen street <&>28:26 <&>section not transcribed <&>29:29 and that's the way it was friday september twenty seventh i'll be back tomorrow night at six oclock with three national news i'm neil waka good evening <&>29:33 <&>end of sample