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  <&>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</&>
  

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      radio new zealand news with hewitt humphrey

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      official figures show that the trend of increasing unemployment
      in new zealand is continuing

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      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

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      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 <,>

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      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
      <,>

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      australia's jobless rate has soared to almost one in ten of the
      workforce

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      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</&>

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      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 <,>

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      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

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      the union wants an injunction to stop the company implementing
      the pay cuts

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      mister clark says radio new zealand staff are concerned about
      the future of their organisation and concerned about saving jobs
      and protecting services

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      but he says there's a strong feeling of resentment at the
      arbitrary decision to cut pay without allowing staff time to
      negotiate properly <,>

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      colin clark says the company's decision to cut pay was
      precipitate and foolish <,>

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      coal miners in western siberia have agreed to end their two
      month strike

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      all but twelve mines in the vast kuznetsk basin are due to
      resume work tomorrow

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      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 <,>

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      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 <,>

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      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

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      mister yeltsin has promised the miners full economic
      independence including the right to switch to private ownership
      <,>

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      a few coal mines in the far east and siberia remain strike bound
      but most are expected to reopen soon <,>

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      a report to the government is recommending a major extension of
      the accident compensation scheme

  <WSC#MSN087:0110:HH>
      the report on asbestos looks at the health and compensation
      implications of exposure to asbestos which can cause lung
      diseases and cancer

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      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

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      up until now nineteen seventy <&>10:00</&> four has been a cut
      off point <O>tut</O>

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      the extension could cost a lot of money and labour minister bill
      birch says it raises some very interesting technical issues

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      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

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      mister birch says there's no question that they deserve some
      form of compensation <,>

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      the new zealand share market rose slightly today in quiet
      trading

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      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 <,>

  <WSC#MSN087:0150:HH>
      the kiwi dollar strengthened across the board to trade at just
      over fifty nine american cents and seventy five point three
      australian <,>

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      the government is making changes to the body which draws
      electorate boundaries

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      it's amending the electoral act in a way which justice minister
      doug graham says will allow input from a wider range of
      organisations

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      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 <,>

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      the amendment also provides for maori representatives from the
      government and opposition to be involved in drawing the
      boundaries for maori electorates

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      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

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      the changes have the support of the opposition <&>11:19</&>
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