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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</&>
  <&>0:21</&>
  

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      good evening secondary school principals converged on wellington
      today for a crisis meeting about cuts to education

  <WSC#MSN182:0010:NW>
      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</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0015:NW>
      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

  <WSC#MSN182:0020:NW>
      m ps peters is now publicly calling for big changes in economic
      strategy

  <WSC#MSN182:0025:NW>
      he's describing the country's financial position as low flying
      with an erebus economy <&>2:39</&> <&>section not transcribed</&>
      <&>4:17</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0030:NW>
      a fourth new zealander has been discovered among the united
      nations team being held in iraq

  <WSC#MSN182:0035:NW>
      tim sopp originally of tauranga has been working overseas for
      some years

  <WSC#MSN182:0040:NW>
      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</&>

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      and it's just been announced that another four army medical
      personnel will join united nations teams in iraq

  <WSC#MSN182:0050:NW>
      the soldiers will provide medical back up for the u n teams
      implementing the ceasefire agreement

  <WSC#MSN182:0055:NW>
      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

  <WSC#MSN182:0060:NW>
      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

  <WSC#MSN182:0065:NW>
      kimberley bergalis is one of four patients who went to their
      dentist with toothache and came away with aids

  <WSC#MSN182:0070:NW>
      now her campaign's arousing strong and mixed emotions
      <&>6:54</&> <&>section not transcribed</&> <&>8:45</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0075:NW>
      condoms used to be hidden away behind chemist counters or mailed
      out in brown paper bags

  <WSC#MSN182:0080:NW>
      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</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0085:NW>
      nelson emergency services went on to full alert today with a gas
      leak reported at the city's biggest factory

  <WSC#MSN182:0090:NW>
      two hundred workers were sent home many of them complaining of
      headaches and nausea

  <WSC#MSN182:0095:NW>
      but in the end it turned out to be a false alarm <&>10:27</&>
      <&>section not transcribed</&> <&>11:31</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0100:NW>
      there's more to come on three national news

  <WSC#MSN182:0105:NW>
      skipper grant dalton sails into a sponsorship deal <,>

  <WSC#MSN182:0110:NW>
      and a great human experiment begins in the arizona desert
      <&>11:40</&> <&>advertisements</&> <&>14:23</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0115:NW>
      acting prime minister don mckinnon came under attack from grey
      power over the government's move to income test pensioners

  <WSC#MSN182:0120:NW>
      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</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0125:NW>
      demonstration of how hard times are in the meat industry

  <WSC#MSN182:0130:NW>
      while many large companies are being forced to close a small
      meat works in dunedin is taking on extra staff

  <WSC#MSN182:0135:NW>
      the result thousands of job seekers for just a few positions
      <&>15:57</&> <&>section not transcribed</&> <&>17:05</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0140:NW>
      the future is uncertain for a hundred workers at the wellington
      city council's troubled ngauranga abattoir

  <WSC#MSN182:0145:NW>
      staff left work for what could be the last time this afternoon
      <&>17:15</&> <&>section not transcribed</&> <&>17:17</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0150:NW>
      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</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0155:NW>
      the romanian government is warning it won't tolerate further
      violence from coal miners who have twice stormed the parliament
      buildings

  <WSC#MSN182:0160:NW>
      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</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0165:NW>
      a government funded health body's set to make a sponsorship
      splash in the world's biggest yacht race

  <WSC#MSN182:0170:NW>
      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

  <WSC#MSN182:0175:NW>
      it's believed the sponsorship worth more than a million dollars
      was given the go ahead today <&>19:50</&> <&>section not
      transcribed</&> <&>21:22</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0180:NW>
      the all blacks have arrived in england to doubts over their
      ability to hold on to the world cup

  <WSC#MSN182:0185:NW>
      to tell us about that and what else is big in sport here's eric
      young <&>21:30</&> <&>section not transcribed</&> <&>23:10</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0190:NW>
      next secondary schools under pressure

  <WSC#MSN182:0195:NW>
      leighton smith talks to a teacher's representative about the
      frustrations they face <&>23:16</&> <&>advertisements</&>
      <&>26:18</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0200:NW>
      recapping our top stories

  <WSC#MSN182:0205:NW>
      tonight on three national news a fourth new zealander

  <WSC#MSN182:0210:NW>
      tim sopp is part of the united nations weapons inspection team
      being held captive in a baghdad car

  <WSC#MSN182:0215:NW>
      park winston peters launched an attack on the reserve bank today
      saying the easing of the money supply is too little too late

  <WSC#MSN182:0220:NW>
      secondary school principals held a crisis meeting in wellington
      today to discuss cuts to education

  <WSC#MSN182:0225:NW>
      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</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0230:NW>
      thanks leighton

  <WSC#MSN182:0235:NW>
      a success story

  <WSC#MSN182:0240:NW>
      a timaru bike manufacturer pedals his wares on the export market

  <WSC#MSN182:0245:NW>
      that story when we come back <&>3:15</&> <&>advertisements</&>
      <&>6:23</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0250:NW>
      mine protesters are digging in to protect muriwai beach from
      australian prospectors

  <WSC#MSN182:0255:NW>
      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</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0260:NW>
      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

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      they called an urgent meeting in wellington to discuss several
      issues <,,>

  <WSC#MSN182:0270:NW>
      kimberley bergalis who got aids from her dentist fulfilled her
      dying wish today testifying before the u s congress

  <WSC#MSN182:0275:NW>
      she urged them to make aids testing mandatory <,>

  <WSC#MSN182:0280:NW>
      in nelson today ambulances were called to sealords fish factory
      where several employees reported feeling ill

  <WSC#MSN182:0285:NW>
      authorities thought there might be a gas leak

  <WSC#MSN182:0290:NW>
      it turned out to be the flu <,>

  <WSC#MSN182:0295:NW>
      in tonight's money matters it's the only bicycle factory in new
      zealand and it's making big inroads in the european market

  <WSC#MSN182:0300:NW>
      timaru based cycle makers is steadily building up speed with
      professionals who want custom made bikes <&>8:44</&> <&>section
      not transcribed</&> <&>9:55</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0305:NW>
      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

  <WSC#MSN182:0310:NW>
      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

  <WSC#MSN182:0315:NW>
      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 <,>

  <WSC#MSN182:0320:NW>
      a west auckland company has scored <&>pronounced scalled</&> a
      small but significant export coup with the japanese market

  <WSC#MSN182:0325:NW>
      maclaren motor sport limited has just completed work restoring a
      ninety sixty three three point eight jaguar for a japanese
      businessman

  <WSC#MSN182:0330:NW>
      the company is hoping this contract will lead to more classic
      car restorations <,>

  <WSC#MSN182:0335:NW>
      looking at the money markets the dollar fell against all three
      currencies today

  <WSC#MSN182:0340:NW>
      the sharemarket continued to climb today but not as rapidly as
      earlier in the week <,>

  <WSC#MSN182:0345:NW>
      the leaders were mixed but rank group leapt one dollar ten to
      close at more than eight dollars <,>

  <WSC#MSN182:0350:NW>
      now eric's back with three national sport <&>10:59</&> <&>section
      not transcribed advertisements and weather</&> <&>28:11</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0355:NW>
      thanks belinda

  <WSC#MSN182:0360:NW>
      finally tonight the word yuppie took on new meaning today as a
      horde of young upwardly mobile professionals became more mobile
      than usual

  <WSC#MSN182:0365:NW>
      instead of a run on the stock market today the yuppies pounded
      dunedin's queen street <&>28:26</&> <&>section not transcribed</&>
      <&>29:29</&>

  <WSC#MSN182:0370:NW>
      and that's the way it was friday september twenty seventh

  <WSC#MSN182:0375:NW>
      i'll be back tomorrow night at six oclock with three national
      news

  <WSC#MSN182:0380:NW>
      i'm neil waka

  <WSC#MSN182:0385:NW>
      good evening <&>29:33</&> <&>end of sample</&>
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