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Television New Zealand's mid-evening news bulletin, which delves deeper into the significant events and issues of the day,

  • 1The Government looks likely to hold its leadership ballot next Wednesday at the behest of Prime Minister David Lange. Extended interview with David Lange about his decision to sack Finance Minister Roger Douglas yesterday.

    • Start 00 : 00 : 48
    • Finish 00 : 12 : 09
    • Duration 11 : 21
    Reporters
    • Richard Harman (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Roger Douglas (Former Minister of Finance, Labour Party)
    • David Lange (Prime Minister, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2A degree of confidence returned to the New Zealand economy, in reaction to assurances by new Finance Minister David Caygill that economic policies will not change.

    • Start 00 : 16 : 05
    • Finish 00 : 20 : 39
    • Duration 04 : 34
    Reporters
    • Rob Neale (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Pat Jackson (Money Market Manager, Citibank)
    • John Gilbert (Auckland Businessman)
    • Terence Delaney (Auckland Manager, Farmers Trading Company [FTC])
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3Should the Government hold the lie on its current economic direction? New Finance Minister David Caygill is adamant that Rogernomics will continue unabated. Studio analysis with rebel Labour MP Jim Anderton and businessman Alan Gibbs.

    • Start 00 : 20 : 39
    • Finish 00 : 29 : 30
    • Duration 08 : 51
    Reporters
    • Lindsay Perigo (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Jim Anderton (Sydenham MP, Labour Party)
    • Alan Gibbs (Businessman)
    Contributors
    • David Lange (Prime Minister, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4A look at how New Zealand's media and public have responded to the Prime Minister's sacking of Roger Douglas.

    • Start 00 : 33 : 49
    • Finish 00 : 36 : 15
    • Duration 02 : 26
    Reporters
    • Kerryanne Evans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Leighton Smith (Broadcaster, 1ZB)
    • voxpop
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 5There will be no further power outages next week. Electricity workers have dropped their threatened strike action and will re-enter talks with the Electricity Commission (Electricorp).

    • Start 00 : 36 : 15
    • Finish 00 : 37 : 17
    • Duration 01 : 02
    Reporters
    • Mark Sainsbury (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 6The United States plans to open direct talks with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), much to Israel's dismay.

    • Start 00 : 37 : 17
    • Finish 00 : 37 : 55
    • Duration 00 : 38
    Locations
    • Genève, Switzerland (Geneva)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 7Pakistan has pulled out of the triangular one-day series in New Zealand this summer because they do not want to play against England, some of whose players have links to South Africa. Will this jeopardise the English cricket tour of New Zealand?

    • Start 00 : 37 : 55
    • Finish 00 : 38 : 49
    • Duration 00 : 54
    Reporters
    • Clive Ferguson (Reporter, BBC)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 8Soviet officials have admitted that their rescue services can not cope with the scale of the earthquake destruction in Armenia.

    • Start 00 : 38 : 49
    • Finish 00 : 39 : 13
    • Duration 00 : 24
    Locations
    • Armenia
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 9Swedish officials have made an arrest in the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme three years ago.

    • Start 00 : 39 : 13
    • Finish 00 : 39 : 34
    • Duration 00 : 21
    Locations
    • Sweden
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 10Police officers are helping to train traffic officers in the correct use of their new long batons.

    • Start 00 : 39 : 34
    • Finish 00 : 40 : 43
    • Duration 01 : 09
    Reporters
    • Chris Bishop (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Barry Vaughan (Traffic Officer)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Eyewitness News
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 15 December 1988
Start Time
  • 21 : 30
Finish Time
  • 22 : 15
Duration
  • 45:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Television New Zealand's mid-evening news bulletin, which delves deeper into the significant events and issues of the day,
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.
Genres
  • News
Hosts
  • Lindsay Perigo (Presenter)
  • Angela D'Audney (News Reader)
  • Tini Molyneux (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Chris Bishop (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Clive Ferguson (Reporter, BBC)
  • Kerryanne Evans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Lindsay Perigo (Interviewer)
  • Mark Sainsbury (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Richard Harman (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Rob Neale (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Alan Gibbs (Businessman)
  • Barry Vaughan (Traffic Officer)
  • David Lange (Prime Minister, Labour Party)
  • Jim Anderton (Sydenham MP, Labour Party)
  • John Gilbert (Auckland Businessman)
  • Leighton Smith (Broadcaster, 1ZB)
  • Pat Jackson (Money Market Manager, Citibank)
  • Roger Douglas (Former Minister of Finance, Labour Party)
  • Terence Delaney (Auckland Manager, Farmers Trading Company [FTC])
  • voxpop
Locations
  • Genève, Switzerland (Geneva)
  • Armenia
  • Sweden
Contributors
  • David Lange (Prime Minister, Labour Party)