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Television New Zealand's hour-long weekly current affairs programme presenting mini-documentaries on topical local issues.

  • 1Tapu A look at the mystery surrounding the deaths of three young Maori children in Auckland.

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 00 : 16 : 37
    • Duration 16 : 37
    Reporters
    • Genevieve Westcott (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Dawn Tuvailala (Kataraina's Mother)
    • Sophie Tumaki (Nooroa's Mother)
    • Katheleen Wilson (Delphina's Mother)
    • Queenie Mahara (Delphina's Aunt)
    • Pita Wilson (Delphina's Father)
    • Rose Salvation (Delphina's Aunt)
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2Unnatural Disaster Starvation and death in drought-ridden Ethiopia continue to produce horror headlines. Food and money has been pouring in and soon an aid ship from New Zealand, sponsored and manned by the Maritime Union, will head to Sudan with relief supplies for refugees. How much of the death and suffering that has forced refugees from Ethiopia due to the natural disaster, and how much has been caused by the military measures of Ethiopia's marxist government?

    • Start 00 : 20 : 10
    • Finish 00 : 32 : 16
    • Duration 12 : 06
    Reporters
    • Jeff McMullen (Reporter, Channel Nine)
    Locations
    • Ethiopia
    • Eritrea
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3Fingered For half a century, fingerprints have been used as irrefutable evidence in criminal cases. But can they be forged? In April 1982, three Australians were jailed for one of the most daring frauds in their country's history. Now they are insisting the fingerprint which convicted them was itself a fraud.

    • Start 00 : 35 : 50
    • Finish 00 : 51 : 03
    • Duration 15 : 13
    Reporters
    • Ian Leslie (Reporter, Channel Nine)
    Locations
    • Australia
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Close Up
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 21 March 1985
Start Time
  • 20 : 30
Finish Time
  • 21 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
  • Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Television New Zealand's hour-long weekly current affairs programme presenting mini-documentaries on topical local issues.
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
  • Martyn Bates (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Genevieve Westcott (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Ian Leslie (Reporter, Channel Nine)
  • Jeff McMullen (Reporter, Channel Nine)
Speakers
  • Dawn Tuvailala (Kataraina's Mother)
  • Katheleen Wilson (Delphina's Mother)
  • Pita Wilson (Delphina's Father)
  • Queenie Mahara (Delphina's Aunt)
  • Rose Salvation (Delphina's Aunt)
  • Sophie Tumaki (Nooroa's Mother)
Locations
  • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Australia