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Television New Zealand's flagship evening news bulletin.

  • 1Air New Zealand's domestic aircraft are flying again this evening, but the international fleet remains grounded. Striking cabin crew today accepted a deal for a partial return to work.

    • Start 00 : 00 : 22
    • Finish 00 : 02 : 32
    • Duration 02 : 10
    Reporters
    • Ron Taylor (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2The Auckland Fire Service disclosed today that ten tonnes of herbicides, pesticides and fungicides flowed into the Tamaki River following the chemical fire at the Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) factory in Mount Wellington.

    • Start 00 : 02 : 32
    • Finish 00 : 03 : 28
    • Duration 00 : 56
    Reporters
    • Christine Thomas (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Locations
    • MOUNT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
    Notes
    • Item abandoned part-way through due to technical problems.

  • 3A man has died of head injuries following a brawl at the Bali Hai nightclub in South Auckland.

    • Start 00 : 03 : 28
    • Finish 00 : 03 : 46
    • Duration 00 : 18
    Locations
    • Mangere, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 4Two primary schools were badly damaged by fire in Auckland today, and Police suspect arson in both cases.

    • Start 00 : 03 : 46
    • Finish 00 : 05 : 00
    • Duration 01 : 14
    Reporters
    • Frank Boyle (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Locations
    • Waiuku, New Zealand (Auckland)
    • Otara, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 5Police sealed off the Port of Napier today for the arrival of yacht Lee Breeze II after it turned back from a sailing to South America, with "trouble" on board.

    • Start 00 : 05 : 00
    • Finish 00 : 05 : 37
    • Duration 00 : 37
    Locations
    • Napier, New Zealand (Hawke's Bay)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 6New Zealand Police have confirmed that they believe that Peter Fulcher, wanted in connection with the 1980 Symonds Street bank robbery, has been freed from prison in Sydney.

    • Start 00 : 05 : 37
    • Finish 00 : 06 : 17
    • Duration 00 : 40
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    • Sydney, Australia (New South Wales)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 7Sergei Sokolov has been appointed the new Soviet Defence Minister, replacing Marshal Ustinov, whose death was reported yesterday

    • Start 00 : 06 : 17
    • Finish 00 : 08 : 05
    • Duration 01 : 48
    Reporters
    • Chris Travers (Reporter, BBC)
    Locations
    • Moscow, Russia (Moscow)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 8Western reporters visiting the Soviet Union say there appears to have been a major explosion in an apartment building in Tbilisi, with many casualties.

    • Start 00 : 08 : 05
    • Finish 00 : 08 : 24
    • Duration 00 : 19
    Locations
    • Tbilisi, Georgia (T'bilisi)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 9British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will return home tonight, completing a rapid trip around the world. She has concluded her trip with a meeting with United States Vice President George Bush and President Ronald Reagan.

    • Start 00 : 08 : 24
    • Finish 00 : 10 : 56
    • Duration 02 : 32
    Reporters
    • Martin Bell (Reporter, BBC News)
    Speakers
    • Margaret Thatcher (British Prime Minister)
    Locations
    • United Kingdom
    • United States
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 10Dom Mintoff has stepped down as Prime Minister of Malta after a thirteen year tenure. Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici will become the new Prime Minister of Malta.

    • Start 00 : 10 : 56
    • Finish 00 : 11 : 15
    • Duration 00 : 19
    Locations
    • Malta
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 11The People's Action Party, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, has won a landslide victory in the Singaporean general election.

    • Start 00 : 11 : 15
    • Finish 00 : 11 : 36
    • Duration 00 : 21
    Locations
    • Singapore
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 12The first Newman's Air plane landed in Nelson this morning, where a large crowd had gathered to see history being made.

    • Start 00 : 11 : 36
    • Finish 00 : 13 : 02
    • Duration 01 : 26
    Reporters
    • Mark Sainsbury (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Locations
    • Nelson, New Zealand (Nelson)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 13A retired Tauranga man believes local authorities and business people are not doing enough to help the unemployed, so he began a scheme to teach unemployed people skills and provide them with permanent employment.

    • Start 00 : 13 : 02
    • Finish 00 : 15 : 21
    • Duration 02 : 19
    Reporters
    • Liz Lysaght (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Geoff Walker (Chairman, Remploy Trust)
    • Mark Merrick (Tutor, Remploy Trust)
    Locations
    • Tauranga, New Zealand (Bay of Plenty)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 14A family in hawkes Bay is looking to the Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Bill, currently before Parliament, to help them in their land claim.

    • Start 00 : 15 : 21
    • Finish 00 : 19 : 03
    • Duration 03 : 42
    Reporters
    • Julie Cravino (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Colin Jessup (Landowner's Husband)
    • Marie Pere Jessup (Landowner)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • TVNZ News at 6:30pm
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 23 December 1984
Start Time
  • 18 : 30
Finish Time
  • 19 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
  • Broadcasting Corporation of 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
  • Philip Sherry (Presenter)
  • Richard Long (Sports Presenter)
  • Veronica Allum (Weather Presenter)
Reporters
  • Chris Travers (Reporter, BBC)
  • Christine Thomas (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Frank Boyle (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Julie Cravino (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Liz Lysaght (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Mark Sainsbury (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Martin Bell (Reporter, BBC News)
  • Ron Taylor (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Colin Jessup (Landowner's Husband)
  • Geoff Walker (Chairman, Remploy Trust)
  • Margaret Thatcher (British Prime Minister)
  • Marie Pere Jessup (Landowner)
  • Mark Merrick (Tutor, Remploy Trust)
Locations
  • MOUNT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • Mangere, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • Waiuku, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • Otara, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • Napier, New Zealand (Hawke's Bay)
  • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • Sydney, Australia (New South Wales)
  • Moscow, Russia (Moscow)
  • Tbilisi, Georgia (T'bilisi)
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Malta
  • Singapore
  • Nelson, New Zealand (Nelson)
  • Tauranga, New Zealand (Bay of Plenty)
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