Login Required

This content is restricted to University of Auckland staff and students. Log in with your username to view.

Log in

More about logging in

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

  • 1Blade Runners Two young NZ men died when their helicopter fell out of the sky near Opotiki. They were flying with a faulty blade. The investigation into their deaths revealed that many people were to blame.

    Reporters
    • Rod Vaughan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Alex Loughlin (Pilot)
    • Tib Gedson
    • Frank Cherry
    • Curtis Cherry
    • Kevin Ward (Civil Aviation Authority Director)
    • Ross Moody (Eyewitness)
    • David Firth (Scientist)
    • Damien Paine (CAA Investigator)
    • Frank Robinson (Founder - Robinson Helicoptors)
    • Peter O'Brien (Aviation Lawyer)
    • Josh Camp (International Heliparts)
    • Dimitri Zotov (Former Air Crash Investigator)
    • John Clements (Pilot)
    • Paula Young (Wife of dead man)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2Next week's programme.

Primary Title
  • Assignment
Secondary Title
  • Blade Runners
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 16 April 1998
Start Time
  • 19 : 30
Finish Time
  • 20 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
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
  • PGR
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
  • Alex Loughlin (Pilot)
  • Curtis Cherry
  • Damien Paine (CAA Investigator)
  • David Firth (Scientist)
  • Dimitri Zotov (Former Air Crash Investigator)
  • Frank Cherry
  • Frank Robinson (Founder - Robinson Helicoptors)
  • John Clements (Pilot)
  • Josh Camp (International Heliparts)
  • Kevin Ward (Civil Aviation Authority Director)
  • Paula Young (Wife of dead man)
  • Peter O'Brien (Aviation Lawyer)
  • Ross Moody (Eyewitness)
  • Tib Gedson
Encountered a problem?   Report it
Libraries and Learning Services © The University of Auckland Privacy Disclaimer