<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side two <&>0:45 good evening confusion is turning to defiance and anger in the soviet union as the kremlin coup enters its second day the focus for resistance is the russian parliament building in moscow where the stage <&>1:00 is set for a dangerous confrontation russian leader boris yeltsin is at the centre of the challenge to the kremlin thousands are gathering at the parliament and at least fourteen soviet tanks switched sides to defend the building elaborate fortifications are now in place tanks are advancing on leningrad and soviet troops are on the move in the baltic republics one man was shot dead in latvia the first death reported since the kremlin takeover an iron grip has been reimposed on the media there's complete state control of television radio and newspapers and super power relations are in chaos president bush is refusing to recognise the new leadership and is calling for mikhail gorbachev to be returned to power <,> tonight we report on all these and other developments in the soviet crisis we begin in moscow where red army tanks provide a constant and sinister reminder of the nation's internal conflict mark boyd reports <&>1:54 <&>section not transcribed <&>4:43 tanks are also on the move outside moscow a column of a hundred and eighty k g b and red army tanks is now advancing on the city of leningrad and troops are in action in the break away republics simon mercep reports <&>4:57 <&>section not transcribed <&>6:22 and acting president gennady yennaiev today guaranteed citizens they would be safe but he may not be believed it's a bad joke now that gorbachev once called ynaiev someone he could trust but while ynaiev is the figure head of the ruling committee it's thought others are calling the shots <&>6:39 <&>section not transcribed <&>7:29 the kremlin coup has thrown super power relations into disarray president bush cut short his holiday returning to washington to steer a path through a potential diplomatic and military minefield cathy campbell reports <&>7:43 <&>section not transcribed <&>9:37 nowhere has the shock been more strongly felt than in europe which has seen so much change during the gorbachev era our european correspondent liam jeory reports <&>9:47 <&>section not transcribed <&>11:32 after the break new zealand's reaction to the soviet crisis also australia's budget dishes out the economic medicine and outrage that a boy accused of murder is attending an auckland school <&>11:44 <&>advertisements <&>15:45 the prime minister has advised new zealanders to defer nonessential travel to the soviet union earlier the soviet ambassador yuri sokalov was called to the beehive by external relations minister don mckinnon to hear <&>16:00 officially the government's concern over the kremlin coup here's political correspondent richard harman <&>16:05 <&>section not transcribed <&>17:39 and that's all soviet citizens here in new zealand can do contact with relatives is limited because of overloaded phone circuits and many are fearful of what will happen next in their homeland here's ian sinclair <&>17:51 <&>section not transcribed <&>19:19 the shock waves from moscow spread quickly through the world's financial markets driving prices down a selling spree on wall street saw the dow jones tumble seventy points or two and a half percent and <.>prouc prices were down three percent in london but stock suffered most in germany which has close economic ties to the soviet union prices there fell almost ten percent in tokyo the market opened firmer after yesterday's six percent slump but by midday prices were weaker again in heavy trading the new zealand sharemarket opened sharply lower before recovering in afternoon <&>20:00 trading but the s e forty index was still forty eight points down however the kiwi dollar rose against both the greenback and the australian there's outrage in new zealand today over revelations a fifteen year old boy accused of murder is attending school without the principal knowing his background the boy is awaiting trial for the murder of a paeroa farmer pauline hudson reports <&>20:20 <&>section not transcribed <&>21:47 an overnight fire that razed a wellington school block is suspected arson <&>21:51 <&>section not transcribed <&>21:55 the blaze at porirua college caused a million <&>22:00 dollars worth of damage to science labs computer rooms and a weights gym it's closed the school temporarily and teachers say it'll be at least next term before classes are back to normal new zealanders will be able to see a lot more of the navy over the next month most of the fleet left devonport today for a special patrol to mark the navy's fiftieth anniversary ships will visit sixteen ports of call from whangarei to stewart island <,> a compulsory five percent employer levy that's the new australian answer to funding superannuation it's one of the main features of the federal budget being delivered in canberra now here's our australian correspondent craig mcmurtrie <&>22:39 <&>section not transcribed <&>23:47 greg has sport next <&>23:48 <&>section not transcribed advertisements <&>30:17 thanks greg now how's the weather shaping up penn <&>30:20 <&>weather not transcribed <&>31:13 <&>end of sample