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Television New Zealand's hour-long weekly current affairs programme presenting mini-documentaries on topical local issues.

  • 1Home Economics The town of Hunterville is fighting to keep its maternity hospital in the face of funding cuts in the health Budget. Locals are concerned that if the hospital closes, most of their town will disappear with it.

    • Start 00 : 01 : 05
    • Finish 00 : 17 : 13
    • Duration 16 : 08
    Reporters
    • Alison Parr (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Kay MacLachlin (Hunterville Midwife)
    • Vicky Duncan (Hunterville Maternity Hospital Campaigner)
    • George Agnew (Councillor, Hunterville County Council)
    • Dr Nick Thomson (Hunterville General Practitioner [GP])
    • voxpop
    • Graham Baker (Hunterville Businessman)
    Contributors
    • Chris Mitson (Director)
    Locations
    • Hunterville, New Zealand (Manawatu-Wanganui)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2Home and Abroad A look at the row within the New Zealand Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas (CORSO) and former Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon and how the removal of it's charitable status is affecting the organisation's work. There are questions over where CORSO's aid should be directed - overseas or in New Zealand.

    • Start 00 : 17 : 18
    • Finish 00 : 33 : 00
    • Duration 15 : 42
    Reporters
    • Phillip Melchior (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Ross Stevens (General Secretary, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
    • Bali Haque (New Plymouth Branch Member, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
    • Cara Haque (New Plymouth Branch Member, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
    • Janet Roborgh (New Plymouth Branch Member, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
    • Hilda Halkyard-Harawira (Activist, Pacific People's Anti-Nuclear Action Committee [PPANAC])
    • David Cuthbert (Projects Committee Chair, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
    • John Hubbard (New Plymouth Branch Member, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Close Up
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 27 September 1984
Start Time
  • 20 : 30
Finish Time
  • 21 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
  • Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Television New Zealand's hour-long weekly current affairs programme presenting mini-documentaries on topical local issues.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
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
Hosts
  • Martyn Bates (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Alison Parr (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Phillip Melchior (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Bali Haque (New Plymouth Branch Member, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
  • Cara Haque (New Plymouth Branch Member, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
  • David Cuthbert (Projects Committee Chair, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
  • Dr Nick Thomson (Hunterville General Practitioner [GP])
  • George Agnew (Councillor, Hunterville County Council)
  • Graham Baker (Hunterville Businessman)
  • Hilda Halkyard-Harawira (Activist, Pacific People's Anti-Nuclear Action Committee [PPANAC])
  • Janet Roborgh (New Plymouth Branch Member, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
  • John Hubbard (New Plymouth Branch Member, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
  • Kay MacLachlin (Hunterville Midwife)
  • Ross Stevens (General Secretary, Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas [CORSO])
  • Vicky Duncan (Hunterville Maternity Hospital Campaigner)
  • voxpop
Locations
  • Hunterville, New Zealand (Manawatu-Wanganui)
Contributors
  • Chris Mitson (Director)
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