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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</&>
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      <indig=Maori>kia ora</indig=Maori>

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      good evening

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      i'm joanna paul and THIS is nightline

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      tonight a fullscale emergency at christchurch international
      airport as a big bird lands on one engine

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      <theme music>also tonight the civil war in yugoslavia increases
      in ferocity

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      and with the on set of winter the soviet union faces chronic
      food shortages</theme music> <&>0:32</&> <&>other speakers in
      intro not transcribed</&> <&>1:12</&>

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      <theme music>thanks for joining us

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      the</theme music> government's giving away shares in new
      zealand's power companies

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      everyone who PAYS a power bill will be on the RECEIVING end

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      it's part of a plan to set up new electricity SUPPLY companies

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      but along with the free shares will come INCREASES in the price
      we pay <&>1:30</&> <&>inserted report not transcribed</&>
      <&>2:56</&>

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      <O>inhales</O> a FULL scale emergency call out at <&>3:00</&>
      christchurch international airport tonight

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      a qantas boeing seven six seven landed with ONE engine shut down

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      the twin engined boeing was on its way to sydney when a warning
      light indicated a problem in one of its engines

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      the aircraft was half way across the tasman with a hundred and
      ninety passengers on board immediately headed back to
      christchurch

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      fire appliances from the city stood by for the landing and
      ambulances were called in from outlying areas

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      the seven six seven made a perfect touchdown

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      an inspection revealed a faulty warning light <O>tut</O>

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      the aircraft has left again for sydney

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      there are some spots on the image of new zealand gymnastics
      tonight

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      more than a thousand of the top gymnasts in the world have been
      immunised for MEASLES after three of the new zealand team went
      down with the illness at the world championships <&>3:50</&> <&>inserted
      report not transcribed</&> <&>4:43</&>

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      <O>inhales</O> two banks dropped interest rates on home
      mortgages today

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      the b n z to eleven point seven FIVE percent

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      and the national bank to just under twelve percent

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      in other national news finance minister ruth richardson flies
      out <&>5:00</&> of auckland tonight to recruit international
      investors to new zealand

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      but some of her pretrip publicity has drawn FIRE from the prime
      minister <&>5:07</&> <&>inserted report not transcribed</&>
      <&>6:36</&>

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      <O>inhales</O> a strong earthquake gave wanganui residents a
      frightening wake up call this morning

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      the quake six point FIVE on the richter scale was felt as far
      north as auckland and as far SOUTH as christchurch <&>6:49</&>
      <&>inserted report not transcribed</&> <&>8:04</&>

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      yugoslavia remains in turmoil tonight

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      macedonian residents back a referendum for independence

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      and croats continue to defend against military attack
      <&>8:15</&> <&>inserted report not transcribed</&> <&>9:44</&>

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      <O>inhales</O> stay with us on nightline

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      coming up the soviet union faces a bleak and hungry winter

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      black township violence erupts again in south africa

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      and a WALT DISNEY classic becomes available on vid <&>10:57</&>
      <&>commercial break not transcribed</&> <&>12:40</&>

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      <O>inhales</O> a new crisis is LOOMING in the soviet union

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      serious food shortages are predicted in the coming winter

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      moscow city authorities are preparing by forming an emergency
      committee

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      its chairman describes the situation as catastrophic
      <&>12:54</&> <&>inserted report not transcribed</&> <&>13:48</&>

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      <O>inhales</O> meanwhile as the breakup of the soviet union
      continues

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      red army troups are leaving the newly independent baltic
      republics <&>13:57</&> <&>inserted report not transcribed</&>
      <&>14:51</&>

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      <O>inhales</O> the family of david tamihere who's serving life
      for the murder of two swedish tourists is to appeal the
      conviction

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      tamihere's <&>15:00</&> brother lawyer john tamihere says the
      appeal will be mounted on the grounds of fresh evidence

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      and that the jury decision went against the WEIGHT of evidence

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      he says it'll take six months and cost two hundred thousand
      dollars to launch the appeal <O>inhales</O>

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      now nightliners get on your ears

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      mickey mouse is in town

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      here's a classic you might remember

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      the walt disney MASTERPIECE <title>fantasia</title>

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      moving with the times it's now out on video <&>15:28</&>
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