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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.

  • 1Breakdown of relations between National and NZ First: recent National Party conference; can NZ First hold together or will it lose its Maori MPs to a new Maori party?; how the Wellington Airport sale row unfolded; NZ First Ministers walk out of Cabinet.

    Reporters
    • Richard Harman (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Winston Peters MP
    • Jenny Shipley PM
    • John Carter MP (chief National whip)
    • Paul Adams (NZ First supporter)
    • Tau Henare MP (NZ First)
    • Doug Woolerton MP (NZ First President)
    • Richard Prebble MP (ACT leader)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2BBC Panorama inquiry into price fixing in the British second hand car market. Why is Britain one of the most expensive countries in the world in which to buy a car?

    Reporters
    • John Ware (Reporter, BBC Panorama)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
    Notes
    • Panorama story "The Car Cartel"
Primary Title
  • Assignment
Secondary Title
  • New Zealand First Party Relationships
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 13 August 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
  • John Ware (Reporter, BBC Panorama)
  • Richard Harman (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Doug Woolerton MP (NZ First President)
  • Jenny Shipley PM
  • John Carter MP (chief National whip)
  • Paul Adams (NZ First supporter)
  • Richard Prebble MP (ACT leader)
  • Tau Henare MP (NZ First)
  • Winston Peters MP