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An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories. Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.

  • 1Challenge - a NZ petrol company has entered the petrol market. Will this mean cheaper petrol for consumers? What will the new player mean to the petrol market?

    Reporters
    • Rod Vaughan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • David Russell (Consumers' Institute)
    • Nelson Cull (Challenge Petroleum)
    • Jim Champin (Caltex)
    • Greg Larsen (BP)
    • Bruce Mann (Challenge)
    • Peter Gill (Motoring Correspondent)
    • Neil Rae (Gull Petroleum Chairman)
    • Ian Green (Gull Petrolium)
    • Max Bradford (Energy Minister)
    • Mark Kevin (Liberty Oil)
    • Gareth Morgan (Economist)
    • Wayne Spear (Former Petrol Station Operator)
    • Alan Jenkins (Energy Analyst)
    • Tony Carter (Former Petrol Station Operator)
    • John Fletcher (Shell NZ)
    • Rowna MacRae (Mobil)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Assignment
Secondary Title
  • Pump Action
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 2 April 1998
Start Time
  • 19 : 30
Finish Time
  • 20 : 35
Duration
  • 65:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories. Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.
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
  • Richard Long (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Rod Vaughan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Alan Jenkins (Energy Analyst)
  • Bruce Mann (Challenge)
  • David Russell (Consumers' Institute)
  • Gareth Morgan (Economist)
  • Greg Larsen (BP)
  • Ian Green (Gull Petrolium)
  • Jim Champin (Caltex)
  • John Fletcher (Shell NZ)
  • Mark Kevin (Liberty Oil)
  • Max Bradford (Energy Minister)
  • Neil Rae (Gull Petroleum Chairman)
  • Nelson Cull (Challenge Petroleum)
  • Peter Gill (Motoring Correspondent)
  • Rowna MacRae (Mobil)
  • Tony Carter (Former Petrol Station Operator)
  • Wayne Spear (Former Petrol Station Operator)