Town and Around
1. Protests and today university students marched down Queens St in Auckland to demonstrate against any possibility of New Zealand being involved in a nuclear attack and the lack of government information on the Omega issue. Speakers are Ross McCormack, President, University Student's Association, Malcolm Caulder, citizen, Michael Law, citizen. -- 2. Tom Finlayson interviews Professor Carl Stead, English Department, University of Auckland on the Omega station and whether New Zealand will be a nuclear target. -- 3. Interview with American Ambassador to New Zealand John Henning on the Omega project, saying there is a lot of mis-information about Omega and it is a navigational tool. -- 4. Interview with Justice Edward on student power. -- 5. Interview with Mr Manard on the Paris student riots. -- 6. Protest song about the demonstrations.
Town and Around was a regional nightly magazine show with current affairs and studio interviews. It ran for five years from 1965. Editions came out of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin until network linking was established.
Primary Title
- Town and Around
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 18 June 1968
Start Time
- 19 : 45
Finish Time
- 20 : 03
Duration
- 17:53
Channel
- NZBC TV - AKTV-2
Broadcaster
- New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
- Town and Around was a regional nightly magazine show with current affairs and studio interviews. It ran for five years from 1965. Editions came out of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin until network linking was established.
Episode Description
- 1. Protests and today university students marched down Queens St in Auckland to demonstrate against any possibility of New Zealand being involved in a nuclear attack and the lack of government information on the Omega issue. Speakers are Ross McCormack, President, University Student's Association, Malcolm Caulder, citizen, Michael Law, citizen. -- 2. Tom Finlayson interviews Professor Carl Stead, English Department, University of Auckland on the Omega station and whether New Zealand will be a nuclear target. -- 3. Interview with American Ambassador to New Zealand John Henning on the Omega project, saying there is a lot of mis-information about Omega and it is a navigational tool. -- 4. Interview with Justice Edward on student power. -- 5. Interview with Mr Manard on the Paris student riots. -- 6. Protest song about the demonstrations.
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television (Audio only)
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
- Keith Bracey (Host)
Contributors
- Ross McCormack (Speaker)
- Malcolm Caulder (Speaker)
- Michael Law (Speaker)
- Carl Stead (Interviewee)
- Gordon Ell (Interviewer, NZBC)
- John Henning (Interviewee)
- Keith Bracey NZBC (Interviewer)
- Rhys Jones NZBC (Interviewer)
- Mr Manard (Interviewee)
- Tom Finlayson NZBC (Interviewer)