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A daily, midday, news package which featured an in depth interview about a current news topic. Viewers could phone in and ask questions of the key interviewee.

  • 1The New Zealand Flag Does New Zealand need a new national flag - something that represents New Zealand identity as distinct from that of Great Britain? Is there still a need to have the union jack on the New Zealand flag. If a new flag is commissioned, who should design it and what factors need to be taken into consideration? Discussion and viewer talkback with artist Frederick Hundertwasser, whose controversial design for a new flag has drawn plenty of comment.

    • Start 00 : 05 : 50
    • Finish 00 : 18 : 01
    • Duration 12 : 11
    Reporters
    • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Frederick Hundertwasser (Artist)
    Contributors
    • Ardi Cohen (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Anton Moore (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Brian Evans (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Matthew O'Sullivan (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Brian Mitchell (Phone-in Viewer)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

    • Start 00 : 19 : 06
    • Finish 00 : 20 : 04
    • Duration 00 : 58
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3The New Zealand Flag Does New Zealand need a new national flag - something that represents New Zealand identity as distinct from that of Great Britain? Is there still a need to have the union jack on the New Zealand flag. If a new flag is commissioned, who should design it and what factors need to be taken into consideration? Discussion and viewer talkback with artist Frederick Hundertwasser, whose controversial design for a new flag has drawn plenty of comment.

    • Start 00 : 20 : 04
    • Finish 00 : 33 : 51
    • Duration 13 : 47
    Reporters
    • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Frederick Hundertwasser (Artist)
    Contributors
    • Jacquilyn Beilby (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Roy Sandbrook (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Kate Theilman (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Stephen Burgess (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Doug Thaynne (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Joe Rogers (Phone-in Viewer)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

    • Start 00 : 35 : 12
    • Finish 00 : 35 : 41
    • Duration 00 : 29
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 5There has been a breach of the United States' neither confirm nor deny policy on nuclear arms. The United States Defence Department has released plans to build storage vaults for nuclear weapons at 26 air bases in Europe and South Korea.

    • Start 00 : 35 : 41
    • Finish 00 : 36 : 07
    • Duration 00 : 26
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 6The Soviet Union has been proudly showing off its military hardware.

    • Start 00 : 36 : 07
    • Finish 00 : 37 : 42
    • Duration 01 : 35
    Reporters
    • Geoffrey Archer (Reporter, ITN)
    Locations
    • Russia
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 7The world's fastest stem locomotive, The Mallard is back on the rails in the United Kingdom after 23 years out of service.

    • Start 00 : 37 : 42
    • Finish 00 : 38 : 57
    • Duration 01 : 15
    Locations
    • York, United Kingdom (England)
    • Scarborough, United Kingdom (England)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 8The New Zealand Government has announced it will gift a double and two single Woolrest underlays to Prince Andrew and his fiancee Sarah Ferguson for their wedding in two weeks time. Details of the marriage ceremony have been released.

    • Start 00 : 38 : 57
    • Finish 00 : 40 : 29
    • Duration 01 : 32
    Locations
    • United Kingdom
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 9Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti is proving a huge hit during his first visit to China.

    • Start 00 : 40 : 29
    • Finish 00 : 43 : 31
    • Duration 03 : 02
    Reporters
    • Jim Laurie (Reporter, American Broadcasting Company [ABC])
    Speakers
    • Shen Xiang (Opera Instructor)
    • Luciano Pavarotti (Opera Singer)
    Locations
    • Beijing, China (Beijing)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Newsline
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 10 July 1986
Start Time
  • 12 : 30
Finish Time
  • 13 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • TV2
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
  • Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
  • A daily, midday, news package which featured an in depth interview about a current news topic. Viewers could phone in and ask questions of the key interviewee.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
  • First ten minutes of programme missed.
Genres
  • News
Hosts
  • Rodney Bryant (Presenter)
  • Karen Sims (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Geoffrey Archer (Reporter, ITN)
  • Jim Laurie (Reporter, American Broadcasting Company [ABC])
  • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
Speakers
  • Frederick Hundertwasser (Artist)
  • Luciano Pavarotti (Opera Singer)
  • Shen Xiang (Opera Instructor)
Locations
  • Russia
  • York, United Kingdom (England)
  • Scarborough, United Kingdom (England)
  • United Kingdom
  • Beijing, China (Beijing)
Contributors
  • Anton Moore (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Ardi Cohen (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Brian Evans (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Brian Mitchell (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Doug Thaynne (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Jacquilyn Beilby (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Joe Rogers (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Kate Theilman (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Matthew O'Sullivan (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Roy Sandbrook (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Stephen Burgess (Phone-in Viewer)