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Television New Zealand's flagship evening news bulletin.

  • 1The Gisborne and Rotorua Armed Offenders Squads (AOS) have been deployed to East Cape after an arson attack on a house containing several people.

    • Start 0 : 00 : 30
    • Finish 0 : 01 : 32
    • Duration 01 : 02
    Speakers
    • Chief Inspector Neville Cook (Investigating Officer, New Zealand Police)
    Locations
    • Tuparoa, New Zealand (Gisborne)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2A month's rainfall fell on the North Island in 24 hours yesterday, with Auckland the worst hit area.

    • Start 0 : 01 : 32
    • Finish 0 : 03 : 57
    • Duration 02 : 25
    Reporters
    • Anita McNaught (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Associated
    • Camp Adair (Youth Camp)
    Locations
    • Drury, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 3The holiday road toll stands at twelve, three less than this time last year.

    • Start 0 : 03 : 57
    • Finish 0 : 04 : 16
    • Duration 00 : 19
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 4Staff at New Zealand's international airports are on high alert and security has been tightened as tension mounts across the world in the wake of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie.

    • Start 0 : 04 : 16
    • Finish 0 : 05 : 34
    • Duration 01 : 18
    Reporters
    • Tsehai Tiffin (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Stuart McIntyre (Director, Civil Aviation Authority [CAA])
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 5Investigators believe the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie was placed on board a connecting flight at Frankfurt and then placed on board the Pan Am flight at Heathrow Airport in London.

    • Start 0 : 05 : 34
    • Finish 0 : 08 : 02
    • Duration 02 : 28
    Reporters
    • Mike Donkin (Reporter, BBC)
    Locations
    • London, United Kingdom (England)
    • Czech Republic
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 6United States President Ronald Reagan and President Elect George Bush have been subpoenaed by former White House Security Advisor Colonel Oliver North for testimony relating to criminal charges North faces over the Iran Contra affair.

    • Start 0 : 08 : 02
    • Finish 0 : 08 : 40
    • Duration 00 : 38
    Locations
    • United States
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 7Afghanistan has called for a ceasefire to begin on New Years Day. However, rebels have dismissed the idea.

    • Start 0 : 08 : 40
    • Finish 0 : 08 : 55
    • Duration 00 : 15
    Locations
    • Afghanistan
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 8Former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos has been rushed to hospital with continuing heart problems.

    • Start 0 : 08 : 55
    • Finish 0 : 09 : 10
    • Duration 00 : 15
    Locations
    • Honolulu, HI, United States
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 9Yugoslavia's Cabinet has resigned after Parliament blocked reform policies aimed at stabilizing the country's crippling inflation and overseas debt.

    • Start 0 : 09 : 10
    • Finish 0 : 10 : 37
    • Duration 01 : 27
    Reporters
    • Gaby Rado (Reporter, ITN)
    Associated
    • Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Leader)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 10The son in law of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev has been jailed for corruption.

    • Start 0 : 10 : 37
    • Finish 0 : 12 : 19
    • Duration 01 : 42
    Reporters
    • David Ensor (Reporter, American Broadcasting Company [ABC])
    Locations
    • Moscow, Russia (Moscow)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 11A look at this year's New Years Honours List.

    • Start 0 : 16 : 07
    • Finish 0 : 19 : 45
    • Duration 03 : 38
    Reporters
    • John Shaw (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Sir Kingi Ihaka (Anglican Priest)
    • Roy Purdon (Harness Racing Identity)
    Associated
    • Barbara Goodman (Former Auckland Mayoress)
    • Roy McKenzie (Businessman)
    • Dr Robin Irvine (Vice Chancellor, University of Otago)
    • Brian Picot (Author, Picot Report)
    • Maurice Shadbolt (Author)
    • Sharon Crosbie (Broadcaster)
    • Trevor Richards (Founder, Halt All Racist Tours [HART])
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 12At age 103, British grandmother Ethel Lee has achieved her life long dream of flying in a glider today.

    • Start 0 : 23 : 50
    • Finish 0 : 24 : 54
    • Duration 01 : 04
    Reporters
    • Malcolm Munroe (Reporter)
    Speakers
    • Bett Lee (Daughter)
    Locations
    • Coventry, United Kingdom (England)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 13The United Kingdom is experiencing its mildest winter for forty years, leaving the native flora and fauna bewildered.

    • Start 0 : 24 : 54
    • Finish 0 : 26 : 07
    • Duration 01 : 13
    Reporters
    • Jeremy Hands (Reporter, ITN)
    Speakers
    • David Cullum (Meteorologist, London Weather Centre)
    Locations
    • United Kingdom
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Network News and Sport
Date Broadcast
  • Saturday 31 December 1988
Start Time
  • 18 : 30
Finish Time
  • 19 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Television New Zealand's flagship evening news bulletin.
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
  • Judy Bailey (Presenter)
  • Richard Becht (Sports News Presenter)
  • Louise Pagonis (Weather Presenter)
Reporters
  • Anita McNaught (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • David Ensor (Reporter, American Broadcasting Company [ABC])
  • Gaby Rado (Reporter, ITN)
  • Jeremy Hands (Reporter, ITN)
  • John Shaw (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Malcolm Munroe (Reporter)
  • Mike Donkin (Reporter, BBC)
  • Tsehai Tiffin (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Bett Lee (Daughter)
  • Chief Inspector Neville Cook (Investigating Officer, New Zealand Police)
  • David Cullum (Meteorologist, London Weather Centre)
  • Roy Purdon (Harness Racing Identity)
  • Sir Kingi Ihaka (Anglican Priest)
  • Stuart McIntyre (Director, Civil Aviation Authority [CAA])
Locations
  • Tuparoa, New Zealand (Gisborne)
  • Drury, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • London, United Kingdom (England)
  • Czech Republic
  • United States
  • Afghanistan
  • Honolulu, HI, United States
  • Moscow, Russia (Moscow)
  • Coventry, United Kingdom (England)
  • United Kingdom
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