Mark Rowley reports on what happened at Prime Minister, Keith Holyoake's, speech at the Auckland Town Hall. From the time of Holyoake's arrival at about 8pm there was booing and catcalling from a crowd of about 3,000 until about 8:45pm and more police arrived. Two police dogs were there and a girl was bitten on the hip. Police photographers were photographing the crowd. Holyoake left at 10:45pm.

A discussion recorded by Professor Chapman, Department of Politics, University of Auckland.

Primary Title
  • Comment: Holyoake's Town Hall Meeting Demonstration
Date Broadcast
  • November 1969
Duration
  • 37:30
Channel
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcaster
  • The University of Auckland Library
Owning Organisation
  • The University of Auckland Library
Programme Description
  • A discussion recorded by Professor Chapman, Department of Politics, University of Auckland.
Episode Description
  • Mark Rowley reports on what happened at Prime Minister, Keith Holyoake's, speech at the Auckland Town Hall. From the time of Holyoake's arrival at about 8pm there was booing and catcalling from a crowd of about 3,000 until about 8:45pm and more police arrived. Two police dogs were there and a girl was bitten on the hip. Police photographers were photographing the crowd. Holyoake left at 10:45pm.
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Radio
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • Politics
Contributors
  • Professor Robert Chapman (Interviewer)
  • Mark Rowley (Interviewee)