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Weekly current affairs from Television New Zealand (TVNZ).

  • 1Maori activist Atareta Poananga caused controversy recently with her comments referring to Whites in both Australia and New Zealand as "riff raff" and "the flotsam and jetsam of British culture", saying they should return to their ancestral lands such as England and Ireland. This week, Minister of Internal Affairs, Peter Tapsell labeled European New Zealanders as "peasants". A background to the issues leading to this week's cont4r5oversy, followed by an interview with Peter Tapsell about his comments, and the case for Maori self-determination.

    • Start 00 : 00 : 19
    • Finish 00 : 27 : 32
    • Duration 27 : 13
    Reporters
    • Lindsay Perigo (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Prue Kapua (Senior Investigations Officer, Race Relations Council)
    • Stevan Eldred-Grigg (Historian)
    • Reverend Bob Scott (Spokesman, National Council of Churches)
    • Dr Peter Tapsell (Minister of Internal Affairs, Labour Party)
    Contributors
    • Atareta Poananga (Maori Activist)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Sunday
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 22 September 1985
Start Time
  • 21 : 30
Finish Time
  • 22 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
  • Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Weekly current affairs from Television New Zealand (TVNZ).
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
  • News
  • Newsmagazine
Hosts
  • Lindsay Perigo (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Lindsay Perigo (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
Speakers
  • Dr Peter Tapsell (Minister of Internal Affairs, Labour Party)
  • Prue Kapua (Senior Investigations Officer, Race Relations Council)
  • Reverend Bob Scott (Spokesman, National Council of Churches)
  • Stevan Eldred-Grigg (Historian)
Contributors
  • Atareta Poananga (Maori Activist)