Close Up
Television New Zealand's hour-long weekly current affairs programme presenting mini-documentaries on topical local issues.
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1Young Farmers Young farmers, recently settled on land with Government loans, say they will be forced off the land by Rural Bank loan rates.
- Start 00 : 00 : 57
- Finish 00 : 16 : 12
- Duration 15 : 15
Reporters
- Genevieve Westcott (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Mervyn Cave (Farmer)
- Tricia Cave (Farmer)
- Colin Moyle (Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour Party)
- Alistair McLean (Farmer)
- Margaret Mclean (Farmer)
- Ian McCallum (Farmer)
- Felicity McCallum (Farmer)
Contributors
- Anna Cottrell (Director)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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2The Big League In just seven days, rugby league coach Graham Lowe turned the Kiwis, shattered and demoralised by two test defeats, into a combination that brought the world champion Australians to their knees. Is Lowe the greatest motivator rugby league has ever seen?
- Start 00 : 19 : 45
- Finish 00 : 36 : 05
- Duration 16 : 20
Reporters
- Martyn Bates (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Hugh McGahan (Rugby League Player)
- Graham Lowe (Rugby League Coach)
Contributors
- Bill Southworth (Director)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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3A Stake in the Future Computerisation and new machines on the killing chain threaten to take away the jobs of thousands of New Zealand freezing workers. This pattern is being repeated on other workplaces as well. The Commission for the Future predicts that up to 600,000 jobs as they are currently known will no longer be available by the year 2000. When new machines take over the work of people, how much say do the employees have?
- Start 00 : 39 : 40
- Finish 00 : 54 : 28
- Duration 14 : 48
Reporters
- Carole de Colville (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Anne Knowles (Spokesperson, New Zealand Meat Industry Association)
- Roger Middlemass (Secretary, Meat Workers' Union)
- Mike Watson (Wairoa Manager, Waitaki New Zealand Refrigeration [NZR[)
- voxpop
- Captain Campbell Roberts (Industrial Chaplain)
- Bill Poole (Research Director, New Zealand Employers Federation)
Contributors
- Bill Simpson (Director)
Locations
- Waitaki, New Zealand (Otago)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Close Up
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 11 July 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)
Contributors
- Mark Westmoreland (Producer, Television new Zealand)
Reporters
- Carole de Colville (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
- Genevieve Westcott (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
- Martyn Bates (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Alistair McLean (Farmer)
- Anne Knowles (Spokesperson, New Zealand Meat Industry Association)
- Bill Poole (Research Director, New Zealand Employers Federation)
- Captain Campbell Roberts (Industrial Chaplain)
- Colin Moyle (Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour Party)
- Felicity McCallum (Farmer)
- Graham Lowe (Rugby League Coach)
- Hugh McGahan (Rugby League Player)
- Ian McCallum (Farmer)
- Margaret Mclean (Farmer)
- Mervyn Cave (Farmer)
- Mike Watson (Wairoa Manager, Waitaki New Zealand Refrigeration [NZR[)
- Roger Middlemass (Secretary, Meat Workers' Union)
- Tricia Cave (Farmer)
- voxpop
Locations
- Waitaki, New Zealand (Otago)
Contributors
- Anna Cottrell (Director)
- Bill Simpson (Director)
- Bill Southworth (Director)