text: NZ's Peters says Nat, Lab talks at similar stage. WELLINGTON 1996-12-06 
   New Zealand First leader Winston Peters on Friday said coalition talks with the National and Labour parties were at a similar level of completion. Peters left a meeting between NZ First and National negotiators to spend 20 minutes speaking to Labour leader Helen Clark. He told Reuters he had needed to speak to her before she left Wellington later on Friday. Peters said the talks with Labour and National had reached " about the same level of completion, and that's good ".
competitors: Great Lakes Chemical ABM Industries